R55
Syncope and collapse
Billable
Coding Guidelines
Inclusion Terms
- Blackout
- Fainting
- Vasovagal attack
Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)
These codes should never be used together with R55
- R57.0 - cardiogenic shock (R57.0)
- G90.01 - carotid sinus syncope (G90.01)
- T67.1 - heat syncope (T67.1)
- F45.8 - neurocirculatory asthenia (F45.8)
- G90.3 - neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (G90.3)
- I95.1 - orthostatic hypotension (I95.1)
- postprocedural shock (T81.1-)
- F48.8 - psychogenic syncope (F48.8)
- R57.9 - shock NOS (R57.9)
- shock complicating or following abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.3)
- O75.1 - shock complicating or following labor and delivery (O75.1)
- I45.9 - Stokes-Adams attack (I45.9)
- unconsciousness NOS (R40.2-)
