136.3 PNEUMOCYSTOSIS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 136.3

Short Description: Pneumocystosis

Long Description: Pneumocystosis

Code Classification:

  • Infectious and parasitic diseases (001–139)
    • Other infectious and parasitic diseases (130-136)
      • 136 Other and unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases
        • 136.3 Pneumocystosis

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 136.3 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • lung NEC 518.89
      • interstitial (chronic) 515
        • acute 136.3
  • Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia 136.3
  • Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia 136.3
  • Pneumocystosis 136.3
    • with pneumonia 136.3
  • Pneumonia (acute) (Alpenstich) (benign) (bilateral) (brain) (cerebral) (circumscribed) (congestive) (creeping) (delayed resolution) (double) (epidemic) (fever) (flash) (fulminant) (fungoid) (granulomatous) (hemorrhagic) (incipient) (infantile) (infectious) (infiltration) (insular) (intermittent) (latent) (lobe) (migratory) (newborn) (organized) (overwhelming) (primary) (progressive) (pseudolobar) (purulent) (resolved) (secondary) (senile) (septic) (suppurative) (terminal) (true) (unresolved) (vesicular) 486
    • due to
      • Pneumocystis carinii 136.3
      • Pneumocystis jiroveci 136.3
    • in
      • pneumocystosis 136.3
    • interstitial 516.8
      • acute
        • due to Pneumocystis (carinii) (jiroveci) 136.3
          • meaning:
            • acute interstitial pneumonitis 516.33
            • atypical pneumonia - see Pneumonia, atypical
            • bacterial pneumonia - see Pneumonia, bacterial
      • plasma cell 136.3
    • plasma cell 136.3
    • Pneumocystis (carinii) (jiroveci) 136.3

Crosswalk Information

The code 136.3 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
136.3 Right Arrow B59 Pneumocystosis
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
136.0 Ainhum
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136.21 Specific infection due to acanthamoeba
136.29 Other specific infections by free-living amebae
136.4 Psorospermiasis
136.5 Sarcosporidiosis
136.8 Other specified infectious and parasitic diseases
136.9 Unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases


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