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ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J15.9

Effective Date: 10/01/2015 To 09/30/2025

Unspecified bacterial pneumonia

CMS-HCC-V24 CMS-HCC-V28 RxHCC Age Gender Maternity Acute or Chronic MCC
-- -- -- -- -- -- Acute Yes
Applicable To for J15.9:
  • Pneumonia due to gram-positive bacteria

Back-references to J15.9
  • Pneumonia(acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved) J18.9
    • aspiration J69.0
      • due to
        • aspiration of microorganisms
          • bacterial J15.9
      • bacillus J15.9
        • bacterial J15.9
          • broncho-, bronchial(confluent) (croupous) (diffuse) (disseminated) (hemorrhagic) (involving lobes) (lobar) (terminal) J18.0
            • bacterial J15.9
            • lobar(disseminated) (double) (interstitial) J18.1
              • bacterial J15.9
            • Related Medications for J15.9
              • cefaclor, cefazolin, cefotaxime, ceftazidime, ceftriaxone, cefuroxime, cefalexin, dicloxacillin, doxycycline, cefepime, cefpodoxime, cefixime, cefdinir, levofloxacin, cefditoren, trovafloxacin, moxifloxacin, linezolid, gatifloxacin, tigecycline, telavancin, ceftaroline

              Chapter, Section and Diagnosis Prefix for J15.9
                J00-J99 :

                Diseases of the respiratory system

                J09-J18 :

                Influenza and pneumonia

                J15 :

                Bacterial pneumonia, not elsewhere classified