2008 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Symptoms, Signs, And Ill-Defined Conditions 780-799 > Ill-Defined And Unknown Causes Of Morbidity And Mortality 797-799 > Sudden Death Cause Unknown 798.* >  2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 798.0
Sudden infant death syndrome- The abrupt and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant under one year of age, remaining unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including performance of a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and review of the clinical history. (Pediatr Pathol 1991 Sep-Oct;11(5):677-84)
- 798.0 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 798.0 contains 10 index entries
- View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 798.* hierarchy
798.0 also known as:- Cot death
- Crib death
- Sudden death of nonspecific cause in infancy
Index entries containing 798.0:- Cot death
 798.0
Crib death 798.0
Death- cot (infant) 798.0
- crib (infant) 798.0
- sudden (cause unknown) 798.1
- infant, syndrome (SIDS) 798.0
Sudden- death, cause unknown (less than 24 hours) 798.1
- infant 798.0
- infant death syndrome 798.0
Syndrome - see also Disease- crib death 798.0
- infant
- death, sudden (SIDS) 798.0
- sudden infant death (SIDS) 798.0
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