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798.9 - Unattended Death


The ICD 9 Code for Unattended death is listed as 798.9.
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: 798.9
Long Description: Unattended death
Short Description: Unattended 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 798.9:
798.0 - Sudden infant death syndrome
798.1 - Instantaneous death
798.2 - Death occurring in less than 24 hours from onset of symptoms, not otherwise explained