ICD-10-CM · Chapter 18 · R00–R99
R68.13
Apparent life threatening event in infant (ALTE)
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
Quick facts
- Code
- R68.13
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 18 — Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
- Category
- R68 — Other general symptoms and signs
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM R68.13 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of apparent life threatening event in infant (alte). Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in R68
- R68Other general symptoms and signs
- R68.0Hypothermia, not associated with low environmental temperature
- R68.1Nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy
- R68.11Excessive crying of infant (baby)
- R68.12Fussy infant (baby)
- R68.19Other nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy
- R68.2Dry mouth, unspecified
- R68.3Clubbing of fingers
- R68.8Other general symptoms and signs
- R68.81Early satiety
- R68.82Decreased libido
- R68.83Chills (without fever)
- R68.84Jaw pain
- R68.89Other general symptoms and signs
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