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J15

Bacterial pneumonia, not elsewhere classified

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 10 more specific codes instead:

  • J15.0 Pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae
  • J15.1 Pneumonia due to Pseudomonas
  • J15.2 Pneumonia due to staphylococcus (also a header)
  • J15.3 Pneumonia due to streptococcus, group B
  • J15.4 Pneumonia due to other streptococci
  • J15.5 Pneumonia due to Escherichia coli
  • J15.6 Pneumonia due to other Gram-negative bacteria (also a header)
  • J15.7 Pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae
  • J15.8 Pneumonia due to other specified bacteria
  • J15.9 Unspecified bacterial pneumonia

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Bacterial pneumonia, not elsewhere classified

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • chlamydial pneumonia (J16.0)
  • congenital pneumonia (P23.-)
  • Legionnaires' disease (A48.1)
  • spirochetal pneumonia (A69.8)

Code first

  • , if applicable, associated influenza (J09.X1, J10.0-, J11.0-)

Code also

  • , if applicable, any associated condition such as:
  • abscess (J85.1)
  • aspiration pneumonia (J69.-)

Includes

  • bronchopneumonia due to bacteria other than S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae

Inherited from the J09-J18 section Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • allergic or eosinophilic pneumonia (J82)
  • aspiration pneumonia NOS (J69.0)
  • meconium pneumonia (P24.01)
  • neonatal aspiration pneumonia (P24.-)
  • pneumonia due to solids and liquids (J69.-)
  • congenital pneumonia (P23.9)
  • lipid pneumonia (J69.1)
  • rheumatic pneumonia (I00)
  • ventilator associated pneumonia (J95.851)

Use additional code

  • code, if applicable, to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)