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R99 - Ill-defined and unknown cause of mortality


The ICD 10 Code for Ill-defined and unknown cause of mortality is listed as R99.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: R99
Description: Ill-defined and unknown cause of mortality
  • Death (unexplained) NOS
  • Unspecified cause of mortality
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
951 - Other Factors Influencing Health Status
Chapter Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 798.0 - Sudden infant death syndrome (approximate)
ICD 9 Dx Code: 799.9 - Other unknown and unspecified cause of morbidity and mortality (approximate)