988.8 - Toxic Effect Of Other Specified Noxious Substances Eaten As Food

The ICD 9 Code for Toxic effect of other specified noxious substances eaten as food is listed as 988.8.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	988.8
Long Description:	Toxic effect of other specified noxious substances eaten as food
Short Description:	Tox eff noxious food NEC

Chapter:	Injury And Poisoning
Block:	Toxic Effects Of Substances Chiefly Nonmedicinal As To Source (980-989)
Related Descriptions:	Accidental poisoning from meat
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code:	T62.8X1A - Toxic effect of other specified noxious substances eaten as food, accidental (unintentional), initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code:	T62.8X2A - Toxic effect of other specified noxious substances eaten as food, intentional self-harm, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code:	T62.8X3A - Toxic effect of other specified noxious substances eaten as food, assault, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code:	T62.8X4A - Toxic effect of other specified noxious substances eaten as food, undetermined, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 988.8:
988.0 - Toxic effect of fish and shellfish eaten as food
988.1 - Toxic effect of mushrooms eaten as food
988.2 - Toxic effect of berries and other plants eaten as food
988.9 - Toxic effect of unspecified noxious substance eaten as food