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798.1 INSTANTANEOUS DEATH


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 798.1

Short Description: Instantaneous death

Long Description: Instantaneous death

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
        • 798.1 Instantaneous death

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 798.1 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Death
    • instantaneous 798.1
    • sudden (cause unknown) 798.1
      • cardiac (SCD)
        • family history of V17.41
        • personal history of, successfully resuscitated V12.53
      • during delivery 669.9
        • under anesthesia NEC 668.9
      • infant, syndrome (SIDS) 798.0
      • puerperal, during puerperium 674.9
    • violent 798.1
  • Dropped
    • dead 798.1
  • Fatal syncope 798.1
  • Sudden
    • death, cause unknown (less than 24 hours) 798.1
      • cardiac (SCD)
        • family history of V17.41
        • personal history of, successfully resuscitated V12.53
      • during childbirth 669.9
      • infant 798.0
      • puerperal, postpartum 674.9
  • Syncope (near) (pre-) 780.2
    • fatal 798.1

Crosswalk Information

The code 798.1 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
798.1 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
798.2 Death occurring in less than 24 hours from onset of symptoms, not otherwise explained
798.9 Unattended death

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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