ICD-9 code E856 for Accidental poisoning by antibiotics is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY DRUGS, MEDICINAL SUBSTANCES, AND BIOLOGICALS (E850-E858).
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If you look into the guidelines it will tell you to code first the reaction, was it hives, nausea, tachycardia, etc. followed by the E code for adverse reaction.
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[QUOTE="kpatzer, post: 213851, member: 171538"]I have a patient that had an allergic reaction to bactrim. I was going to code it out of the table of drugs and chemicals using code e856 since i know th... [ Read More ]
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