SELECT 
  id_path 
FROM 
  cscart_categories 
WHERE 
  category_id IN (
    1542, 1701, 1844, 1889, 1922, 1983, 1985, 
    2002
  )

Query time 0.00032

JSON explain

{
  "query_block": {
    "select_id": 1,
    "table": {
      "table_name": "cscart_categories",
      "access_type": "range",
      "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY", "p_category_id"],
      "key": "p_category_id",
      "key_length": "3",
      "used_key_parts": ["category_id"],
      "rows": 8,
      "filtered": 100,
      "index_condition": "cscart_categories.category_id in (1542,1701,1844,1889,1922,1983,1985,2002)"
    }
  }
}

Result

id_path
1516/1529/1540/1542
1669/1699/1701
1842/1843/1844
1887/1888/1889
1920/1921/1922
1842/1843/1983
1920/1921/1985
2002