798.2 DEATH WITHIN 24 HR SYMPT

Home > ICD-9 List > Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions > Ill-defined and unknown causes of morbidity and mortality (797-799) > 798 Sudden death, cause unknown > 798.2

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 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

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

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		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

« Previous Code

Next Code »