480.3 PNEUMONIA DUE TO SARS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 480.3

Short Description: Pneumonia due to SARS

Long Description: Pneumonia due to SARS-associated coronavirus

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the respiratory system (460–519)
    • Pneumonia and influenza (480-488)
      • 480 Viral pneumonia
        • 480.3 Pneumonia due to SARS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 480.3 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • 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
      • SARS-associated coronavirus 480.3
      • virus (see also Pneumonia, viral) 480.9
        • SARS-associated coronavirus 480.3
    • SARS-associated coronavirus 480.3
    • viral, virus (broncho) (interstitial) (lobar) 480.9
      • SARS-associated coronavirus 480.3

Crosswalk Information

The code 480.3 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
480.3 Right Arrow J12.81 Pneumonia due to SARS-associated coronavirus
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
480.0 Pneumonia due to adenovirus
480.1 Pneumonia due to respiratory syncytial virus
480.2 Pneumonia due to parainfluenza virus
480.8 Pneumonia due to other virus not elsewhere classified
480.9 Viral pneumonia, unspecified


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