Chapter XVIII

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
(R00-R99)

Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality
(R95-R99)

Excludes: fetal death of unspecified cause ( P95 )
obstetric death NOS ( O95 )

R95 Sudden infant death syndrome

R96 Other sudden death, cause unknown
Excludes: sudden:
· cardiac death, so described ( I46.1)
· infant death syndrome ( R95)
R96.0 Instantaneous death
R96.1 Death occurring less than 24 hours from onset of symptoms, not otherwise explained
Death known not to be violent or instantaneous for which no cause can be discovered
Death without sign of disease
#R96.2 Sudden unexpected death syndrome

R98 Unattended death
Death in circumstances where the body of the deceased was found and no cause could be discovered
Found dead

R99 Other ill-defined and unspecified causes of mortality
Death NOS
Unknown cause of mortality