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Non-specific code 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 323.7
Toxic encephalitis
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ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 323.7:
  • Encephalitis (bacterial) (chronic) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (nonepidemic) (spurious) (subacute) 323.9
  • Encephalopathy (acute) 348.30
  • Meningoencephalitis (see also Encephalitis) 323.9
    • toxic NEC 989.9 [323.7]
      • due to
        • carbon tetrachloride 987.8 [323.7]
        • hydroxyquinoline derivatives poisoning 961.3 [323.7]
        • lead 984.9 [323.7]
        • mercury 985.0 [323.7]
        • thallium 985.8 [323.7]
  • Myelopathy (spinal cord) 336.9
    • due to or with
      • carbon tetrachloride 987.8 [323.7]
      • degeneration or displacement, intervertebral disc 722.70
      • hydroxyquinoline derivatives 961.3 [323.7]
      • infection - see Encephalitis
      • intervertebral disc disorder 722.70
      • lead 984.9 [323.7]
      • mercury 985.0 [323.7]
      • neoplastic disease (see also Neoplasm, by site) 239.9 [336.3]
      • pernicious anemia 281.0 [336.3]
      • spondylosis 721.91
      • thallium 985.8 [323.7]
 323.63 ICD9Data.com 323.71 
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