ICD-10-CM › J00-J99 › J09-J18 › J18 Pneumonia, unspecified organism › J18.0
Bronchopneumonia, unspecified organism
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 Bronchopneumonia, unspecified organism
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 J18 Pneumonia, unspecified organism
Excludes1 - never coded here
- congenital pneumonia (P23.0)
- drug-induced interstitial lung disorder (J70.2-J70.4)
- interstitial pneumonia NOS (J84.9)
- neonatal aspiration pneumonia (P24.-)
- pneumonitis due to fumes and vapors (J68.0)
- usual interstitial pneumonia (J84.178)
Excludes2 - not included here
- 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)
Code first
- , if applicable, associated influenza (J09.X1, J10.0-, J11.0-)
Code also
- , if applicable, any associated condition such as:
- aspiration pneumonia (J69.-)
Inherited from the J09-J18 section Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18)
Excludes2 - not included here
- allergic or eosinophilic pneumonia (J82)
- meconium pneumonia (P24.01)
- pneumonia due to solids and liquids (J69.-)
- congenital pneumonia (P23.9)
- rheumatic pneumonia (I00)
- ventilator associated pneumonia (J95.851)
Use additional code
- code, if applicable, to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Congestive
- Pneumonitis
- Cold > chest
- Cold > on lung
- Pleuropneumonia
- Bronchopneumonia
- Cold > bronchial
- Bronchopulmonitis
- Tracheobronchitis
- Bronchopneumonitis
- Pneumonia > patchy
- Pneumonia > diffuse
- Pneumonia > lobular
- Effusion > bronchial
- Bronchitis > croupous
- Bronchitis > subacute
- Pneumonia > catarrhal
- Pneumonia > confluent
- Bronchitis > capillary
- Bronchitis > exudative
- Bronchopleuropneumonia
- Irritation > bronchial
- Pleurobronchopneumonia
- Pneumonia > multilobar
- Laryngotracheobronchitis
- Pneumonia > disseminated
- Catarrh, catarrhal > lung
- Tracheobronchopneumonitis
- Catarrh, catarrhal > chest
- Bronchitis > catarrhal > acute
- Catarrh, catarrhal > bronchial
- Catarrh, catarrhal > pulmonary
- Pneumopleurisy, pneumopleuritis
- Pneumonia > segmented, segmental
- Pneumonia > basal, basic, basilar
- Bronchitis > under l5 years of age
- Congestion, congestive > pulmonary
- Stasis > bronchus > with infection
- Irritable, irritability > bronchial
- Infection, infected, infective > lung
Showing 40 of 55 index phrases.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| J18.1 | Lobar pneumonia, unspecified organism | Valid |
| J18.2 | Hypostatic pneumonia, unspecified organism | Valid |
| J18.8 | Other pneumonia, unspecified organism | Valid |
| J18.9 | Pneumonia, unspecified organism | Valid |