Specific code 2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 291.4
Idiosyncratic alcohol intoxication
  • Short description: PATHOLOGIC ALCOHOL INTOX.
  • ICD-9-CM 291.4 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 291.4 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
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Convert to ICD-10-CM: 291.4 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM F10.929 Alcohol use, unspecified with intoxication, unspecified
291.4 Excludes
  • acute alcohol intoxication (305.0)
  • simple drunkenness (305.0)
Applies To
  • Pathologic:
    • alcohol intoxication
    • drunkenness
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 291.4:
  • Alcohol, alcoholic
    • intoxication (acute) 305.0
      • with dependence 303.0
      • pathological 291.4
  • Drunkenness (see also Abuse, drugs, nondependent) 305.0
    • pathologic 291.4
  • Intoxication
    • alcohol (acute) 305.0
      • with alcoholism 303.0
      • hangover effects 305.0
      • idiosyncratic 291.4
      • pathological 291.4
    • idiosyncratic alcohol 291.4
    • pathologic 291.4
  • Pathologic, pathological - see also condition
    • drunkenness 291.4
  • Psychosis 298.9
    • organic NEC 294.9
      • due to or associated with
        • addiction
          • alcohol (see also Psychosis, alcoholic) 291.9
          • drug (see also Psychosis, drug) 292.9
        • alcohol intoxication, acute (see also Psychosis, alcoholic) 291.9
        • alcoholism (see also Psychosis, alcoholic) 291.9
        • arteriosclerosis (cerebral) (see also Psychosis, arteriosclerotic) 290.40
        • cerebrovascular disease
          • acute (psychosis) 293.0
          • arteriosclerotic (see also Psychosis, arteriosclerotic) 290.40
        • childbirth - see Psychosis, puerperal
        • dependence
          • alcohol (see also Psychosis, alcoholic) 291.9
          • drug 292.9
        • disease
          • alcoholic liver (see also Psychosis, alcoholic) 291.9
          • brain
            • arteriosclerotic (see also Psychosis, arteriosclerotic) 290.40
          • cerebrovascular
            • acute (psychosis) 293.0
            • arteriosclerotic (see also Psychosis, arteriosclerotic) 290.40
          • endocrine or metabolic 293.9
          • Jakob-Creutzfeldt (new variant)
          • liver, alcoholic (see also Psychosis, alcoholic) 291.9
        • disorder
          • cerebrovascular
          • endocrine or metabolic 293.9
        • epilepsy
        • Huntington's chorea
        • infection
        • intoxication
          • alcoholic (acute) (see also Psychosis, alcoholic) 291.9
            • pathological 291.4
          • drug (see also Psychosis, drug) 292.9
        • ischemia
          • cerebrovascular (generalized) (see also Psychosis, arteriosclerotic) 290.40
        • Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease (syndrome) (new variant)
        • multiple sclerosis
        • physical condition NEC 293.9
        • presenility 290.10
        • puerperium - see Psychosis, puerperal
        • sclerosis, multiple
        • senility 290.20
        • status epilepticus
        • trauma
          • brain (birth) (from electrical current) (surgical) 293.9
        • unspecified physical condition 293.9
      • infective 293.9
      • posttraumatic 293.9
      • specified type NEC 294.8
      • transient 293.9
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