R55 – Syncope and collapse
Coding Notes
Active
Billable, valid for HIPAA-covered transactions
Type 1 Excludes
cardiogenic shock (R57.0)
carotid sinus syncope (G90.01)
heat syncope (T67.1)
neurocirculatory asthenia (F45.8)
neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (G90.3)
orthostatic hypotension (I95.1)
postprocedural shock (T81.1-)
psychogenic syncope (F48.8)
shock NOS (R57.9)
shock complicating or following abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.3)
shock complicating or following labor and delivery (O75.1)
Stokes-Adams attack (I45.9)
unconsciousness NOS (R40.2-)
Applicable To
Blackout
Fainting
Vasovagal attack
GEM Conversion to ICD-9 CM
Fs: 00000
–
Syncope and collapse
MDC / MS-DRG Reference
Back Reference of Diagnostic Codes
Arrhythmia
(auricle)(cardiac)(juvenile)(nodal)(reflex)(supraventricular)(transitory)(ventricle)
I49.9
Attack, attacks
Drop
(in)
Gower's
Instability
Loss
(of)
Phenomenon
Syndrome
See also Disease
Vasovagal attack
(paroxysmal)
R55
Sibling Codes
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| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| R00-R99 | Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99) |
| R50-R69 | General symptoms and signs (R50-R69) |
| R55 |
Syncope and collapse
Type 1 Excludes
cardiogenic shock (R57.0)
carotid sinus syncope (G90.01)
heat syncope (T67.1)
neurocirculatory asthenia (F45.8)
neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (G90.3)
orthostatic hypotension (I95.1)
postprocedural shock (T81.1-)
psychogenic syncope (F48.8)
shock NOS (R57.9)
shock complicating or following abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.3)
shock complicating or following labor and delivery (O75.1)
Stokes-Adams attack (I45.9)
unconsciousness NOS (R40.2-)
Applicable to
Blackout
Fainting
Vasovagal attack
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