ICD-10-CM Code for Pneumonia due to other specified infectious organisms J16.8

ICD-10 code J16.8 for Pneumonia due to other specified infectious organisms is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the respiratory system .

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Pneumonia due to other specified infectious organisms

J16

Excludes1: congenital pneumonia (P23.-)
ornithosis (A70)
pneumocystosis (B59)
pneumonia NOS (J18.9)

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.-)

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