ICD-10-CM › J00-J99 › J09-J18 › J15.2 Pneumonia due to staphylococcus › J15.21
Pneumonia due to staphylococcus aureus
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Pneumonia due to staphylococcus aureus
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.
Inherited from J15 Bacterial pneumonia, not elsewhere classified
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.-)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| J15.20 | Pneumonia due to staphylococcus, unspecified | Valid |
| J15.29 | Pneumonia due to other staphylococcus | Valid |