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J15.6

Pneumonia due to other Gram-negative bacteria

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Billable FY2016 to FY2023, and a category header from FY2024.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

  • J15.61 Pneumonia due to Acinetobacter baumannii
  • J15.69 Pneumonia due to other Gram-negative bacteria

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Pneumonia due to other aerobic Gram-negative bacteria
  2. FY2018 Description revised Pneumonia due to other aerobic Gram-negative bacteria Pneumonia due to other Gram-negative bacteria
  3. FY2024 Stopped being billable

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

CodeDescriptionStatus
J15.0 Pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae Valid
J15.1 Pneumonia due to Pseudomonas Valid
J15.2 Pneumonia due to staphylococcus Not billable
J15.3 Pneumonia due to streptococcus, group B Valid
J15.4 Pneumonia due to other streptococci Valid
J15.5 Pneumonia due to Escherichia coli Valid
J15.7 Pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae Valid
J15.8 Pneumonia due to other specified bacteria Valid
J15.9 Unspecified bacterial pneumonia Valid