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005.9 - Food Poisoning, Unspecified


The ICD 9 Code for Food poisoning, unspecified is listed as 005.9.
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: 005.9
Long Description: Food poisoning, unspecified
Short Description: Food poisoning NOS
Chapter: Infectious And Parasitic Diseases
Block: Intestinal Infectious Diseases (001-009)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: A05.9 - Bacterial foodborne intoxication, unspecified
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 005.9:
005.0 - Staphylococcal food poisoning
005.1 - Botulism food poisoning
005.2 - Food poisoning due to Clostridium perfringens (C. welchii)
005.3 - Food poisoning due to other Clostridia
005.4 - Food poisoning due to Vibrio parahaemolyticus