798.2 - Death Occurring In Less Than 24 Hours From Onset Of Symptoms, Not Otherwise Explained
The ICD 9 Code for Death occurring in less than 24 hours from onset of symptoms, not otherwise explained is listed as 798.2.
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: | 798.2 |
| Long Description: | Death occurring in less than 24 hours from onset of symptoms, not otherwise explained |
| Short Description: | Death within 24 hr sympt |
| 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 798.2: | |
| 798.0 - Sudden infant death syndrome | |
| 798.1 - Instantaneous death | |
| 798.9 - Unattended death | |