R68.13✓ Billable
Apparent life threatening event in infant (ALTE)
Inclusion Terms
- •Apparent life threatening event in newborn
- •Brief resolved unexplained event (BRUE)
Also Indexed As(ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index)
These clinical terms, synonyms, and manifestations all map to R68.13 in the official ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index.
ALTE (apparent life threatening event) in newborn and infantBRUE (brief resolved unexplained event)Event, apparent life threatening in newborn and infant (ALTE)Event, brief resolved unexplained event (BRUE)Newborn (infant) (liveborn) (singleton), affected by, apparent life threatening event (ALTE)
Notes
- ℹcode(s) for associated signs and symptoms if no confirmed diagnosis established, or if signs and symptoms are not associated routinely with confirmed diagnosis, or provide additional information for cause of ALTE
Code Hierarchy
┌18Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)├R50-R69General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)├R68Other general symptoms and signs
└R68.13Apparent life threatening event in infant (ALTE)
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