798.2 DEATH WITHIN 24 HR SYMPT

Code Information

  • Diagnosis Code: 798.2
  • Short Description: Death within 24 hr sympt
  • Long Description: Death occurring in less than 24 hours from onset of symptoms, not otherwise explained
  • Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Code Classification

  • Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions (780–799)
    • Ill-defined and unknown causes of morbidity and mortality (797-799)
      • 798 Sudden death, cause unknown
        • 798.2 Death within 24 hr sympt

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 798.2 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

  • Death
    • cause unknown 798.2
  • Died - see also Death
    • without
      • sign of disease 798.2
  • SUDS (Sudden unexplained death) 798.2

Crosswalk Information

The code 798.2 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
798.2 Right Arrow R99 Ill-defined and unknown cause of mortality
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
798.0 Sudden infant death syndrome
798.1 Instantaneous death
798.9 Unattended death
This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014
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