799.1 RESPIRATORY ARREST


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 799.1

Short Description: Respiratory arrest

Long Description: Respiratory arrest

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions (780–799)
    • Ill-defined and unknown causes of morbidity and mortality (797-799)
      • 799 Other ill-defined and unknown causes of morbidity and mortality
        • 799.1 Respiratory arrest

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 799.1 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Arrest, arrested
    • respiratory 799.1
      • newborn 770.87
  • Depression 311
    • central nervous system 799.1
      • newborn 779.2
  • Failure, failed
    • cardiorespiratory 799.1
      • specified during or due to a procedure 997.1
        • long-term effect of cardiac surgery 429.4

Crosswalk Information

The code 799.1 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
799.1 Right Arrow R09.2 Respiratory arrest
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
799.01 Asphyxia
799.02 Hypoxemia
799.21 Nervousness
799.22 Irritability
799.23 Impulsiveness
799.24 Emotional lability
799.25 Demoralization and apathy
799.29 Other signs and symptoms involving emotional state
799.3 Debility, unspecified
799.4 Cachexia
799.51 Attention or concentration deficit
799.52 Cognitive communication deficit
799.53 Visuospatial deficit
799.54 Psychomotor deficit
799.55 Frontal lobe and executive function deficit
799.59 Other signs and symptoms involving cognition
799.81 Decreased libido
799.82 Apparent life threatening event in infant
799.89 Other ill-defined conditions
799.9 Other unknown and unspecified cause of morbidity and mortality


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