Classification for Cause of Death in Patient Receiving Medical Care

Purpose: To classify a death that occurred while the patient was receiving medical care using the scheme of Caplan.

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
- Causes of Unexpected Death After Discharge from Emergency Department
Criteria For Diagnosis
- Procedure for Investigating an Anesthetic or Surgical Death
Severity, Prognosis, Stage
- Causes of Unexpected Death After Discharge from Emergency Department
- Procedure for Investigating an Anesthetic or Surgical Death
Differential Diagnosis And Mimics, Red Flags
- Reviewing Medication History As Part of Postmortem Exam (Drug Autopsy)

Monitoring

Drug Levels
- Reviewing Medication History As Part of Postmortem Exam (Drug Autopsy)
Overdose And Reversal
- Reviewing Medication History As Part of Postmortem Exam (Drug Autopsy)
Comorbid Conditions
- Causes of Unexpected Death After Discharge from Emergency Department

Specialty

Clinical Laboratory

Objective

criteria for diagnosis
severity
prognosis
stage

ICD-10

R96.0 - Instantaneous death
R96.1 - Death occurring less than 24 hours from onset of symptoms, not otherwise explained
R99 - Other ill-defined and unspecified causes of mortality

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Purpose: To classify a death that occurred while the patient was receiving medical care using the scheme of Caplan.

Specialty: Clinical Laboratory

Objective: criteria for diagnosis, severity, prognosis, stage

ICD-10: R96.0, R96.1, R99,

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