icd 10 code for 968.5

ICD-10 Equivalent of 968.5

As of October 2015, ICD-9 codes are no longer used for medical coding. Instead, use this equivalent ICD-10-CM code, which is an approximate match to ICD-9 code 968.5:

Historical Information for ICD-9 Code 968.5

Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.

Not Valid for Submission

968.5 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of surface (topical) and infiltration anesthetics. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.

Convert 968.5 to ICD-10

The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:

ICD-9 Footnotes

General Equivalence Map Definitions The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.

ICD-10 Equivalent of E968.5

As of October 2015, ICD-9 codes are no longer used for medical coding. Instead, use this equivalent ICD-10-CM code, which is an approximate match to ICD-9 code E968.5:

Historical Information for ICD-9 Code E968.5

Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.

When will the ICD-10 Z48.815 be released?

The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM Z48.815 became effective on October 1, 2021.

What is a Z00-Z99?

Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00 -Y89 are recorded as 'diagnoses' or 'problems'. This can arise in two main ways: