J17
Pneumonia in diseases classified elsewhere
Billable
Chapter: 10. Diseases of the respiratory system
Section: J09-J18 - Influenza and pneumonia
Coding Guidelines
Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)
These codes should never be used together with J17
- B37.1 - candidial pneumonia (B37.1)
- J16.0 - chlamydial pneumonia (J16.0)
- A54.84 - gonorrheal pneumonia (A54.84)
- B39.0-B392 - histoplasmosis pneumonia (B39.0-B39.2)
- B05.2 - measles pneumonia (B05.2)
- A43.0 - nocardiosis pneumonia (A43.0)
- B59 - pneumocystosis (B59)
- B59 - pneumonia due to Pneumocystis carinii (B59)
- B59 - pneumonia due to Pneumocystis jirovecii (B59)
- A42.0 - pneumonia in actinomycosis (A42.0)
- A22.1 - pneumonia in anthrax (A22.1)
- B77.81 - pneumonia in ascariasis (B77.81)
- B44.0-B441 - pneumonia in aspergillosis (B44.0-B44.1)
- B38.0-B382 - pneumonia in coccidioidomycosis (B38.0-B38.2)
- B25.0 - pneumonia in cytomegalovirus disease (B25.0)
- B58.3 - pneumonia in toxoplasmosis (B58.3)
- B06.81 - rubella pneumonia (B06.81)
- A02.22 - salmonella pneumonia (A02.22)
- A69.8 - spirochetal infection NEC with pneumonia (A69.8)
- A21.2 - tularemia pneumonia (A21.2)
- A01.03 - typhoid fever with pneumonia (A01.03)
- B01.2 - varicella pneumonia (B01.2)
- whooping cough with pneumonia (A37 with fifth-character 1)
Code First
- underlying disease, such as:
- Q fever (A78)
- rheumatic fever (I00)
- schistosomiasis (B65.0-B65.9)
Code Also
- , if applicable, any associated condition such as:
- abscess (J85.1)
- aspiration pneumonia (J69.-)
