798.1 - Instantaneous Death
The ICD 9 Code for Instantaneous death is listed as 798.1.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
| ICD 9 CM Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis Code: | 798.1 |
| Long Description: | Instantaneous death |
| Short Description: | Instantaneous death |
| Chapter: | Symptoms, Signs, And Ill Defined Conditions |
| Block: | Ill-Defined And Unknown Causes Of Morbidity And Mortality (797-799) |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | R99 - Ill-defined and unknown cause of mortality (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 798.1: | |
| 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 | |