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ICD-10 diagnosis code

R55 Syncope and collapse

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R55 is the ICD-10 code for Syncope and collapse. It is a three-character category that is not subdivided further. It belongs to the block R50–R69 (General symptoms and signs) in Chapter XVIII, Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified.

Code type
Category (3 characters)
Chapter
XVIII · R00–R99
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What R55 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Blackout
  • Fainting

What R55 excludes

Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.

  • neurocirculatory asthenia F45.3
  • orthostatic hypotension I95.1
  • neurogenic orthostatic hypotension G23.8
  • shock:
    • NOS R57.9
    • cardiogenic R57.0
    • complicating or following: abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy O00-O07, O08.3
    • complicating or following: labour and delivery O75.1
    • postoperative T81.1
  • Stokes-Adams attack I45.9
  • syncope:
  • unconsciousness NOS R40.2

R55 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

R55Svimning och kollaps

  • R55.9Svimning och kollaps
NorwayICD-10-NO

R55Synkope eller kollaps

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DR55Besvimelse og kollaps

  • DR559Besvimelse eller kollaps
FinlandICD-10-FI

R55Pyörtyminen ja kollapsi

GermanyICD-10-GM

R55Synkope und Kollaps

FranceICD-10-FR

R55Syncope et collapsus

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

R55syncope en collaps

United StatesICD-10-CM

R55Syncope and collapse

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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