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Table 1 International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes for sudden infant death syndrome and related diagnostic groups

From: Association between sudden infant death syndrome and diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis immunisation: an ecological study

Group of diagnoses

Individual diagnosis

ICD-8

ICD-9

ICD-10

Symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions

 

780–791, 793–796

780–799

R00–R99

 

Sudden infant death syndrome

795

798.0

R95

 

Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality

795–796

798.1–799.9

R96–R99

 

Other symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions

793–794

780–797

R00–R94

Unintentional suffocation

 

E911–913*

E911–913*

W75–W84*

Diseases of the respiratory system

 

460–519

460–519

J00–J99

  1. *includes diagnoses such as accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed (E913.0/W75) and unspecified threat to breathing (E913.9/W84).