J18.9Billable
Pneumonia, unspecified organism
Billable Code
J18.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Referenced in Diagnoses
Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation
Bibasilar Pneumonia
Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Crackles
Focal Increased Opacity in the Right Upper Lung
Ground Glass Opacity
Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia
Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
Pneumonia, unspecified organism
Pneumonia, unspecified organism
Infectious Pneumonia
Lung Infiltrate
Mucus Plug Obstruction
Nosocomial Pneumonia
Parapneumonic Effusion
Pneumonia of the Right Lower Lobe
Pneumonia, unspecified organism
Pneumonia with Sepsis
Pneumoniae
Postobstructive Pneumonia
Recurrent Pneumonia
Sepsis secondary to Pneumonia
Sepsis due to Pneumonia
Pneumonia, unspecified organism
Pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Additional Information from Parent Codes
The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Excludes2
17 items
Excludes2
From J00-J99:
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- •
- •congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- •endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- •injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- •neoplasms (C00-D49)
- •smoke inhalation (T59.81-)
- •symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
From J18:
- •abscess of lung with pneumonia (J85.1)
- •aspiration pneumonia due to anesthesia during labor and delivery (O74.0)
- •aspiration pneumonia due to anesthesia during pregnancy (O29)
- •aspiration pneumonia due to anesthesia during puerperium (O89.0)
- •aspiration pneumonia due to solids and liquids (J69.-)
- •aspiration pneumonia NOS (J69.0)
- •lipid pneumonia (J69.1)
- •pneumonitis due to external agents (J67-J70)
Use Additional Code
7 items
Use Additional Code
Notes
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Notes
From J00-J99:
- •When a respiratory condition is described as occurring in more than one site and is not specifically indexed, it should be classified to the lower anatomic site (e.g. tracheobronchitis to bronchitis in J40).