E946.8 - Other Agents Primarily Affecting Skin And Mucous Membrane Causing Adverse Effects In Therapeutic Use

The ICD 9 Code for Other agents primarily affecting skin and mucous membrane causing adverse effects in therapeutic use is listed as E946.8.
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:	E946.8
Long Description:	Other agents primarily affecting skin and mucous membrane causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
Short Description:	Adv eff skin agent NEC

Chapter:	Supplementary Classification Of External Causes Of Injury And Poisoning
Block:	Drugs, Medicinal And Biological Substances Causing Adverse Effects In Therapeutic Use (E930-E949)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of E946.8:
E946.0 - Local anti-infectives and anti-inflammatory drugs causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E946.1 - Antipruritics causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E946.2 - Local astringents and local detergents causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E946.3 - Emollients, demulcents, and protectants causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E946.4 - Keratolytics, keratoplastics, other hair treatment drugs and preparations causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E946.5 - Eye anti-infectives and other eye drugs causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E946.6 - Anti-infectives and other drugs and preparations for ear, nose, and throat causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E946.7 - Dental drugs topically applied causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E946.9 - Unspecified agent primarily affecting skin and mucous membrane causing adverse effects in therapeutic use