480.9 VIRAL PNEUMONIA NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 480.9

Short Description: Viral pneumonia NOS

Long Description: Viral pneumonia, unspecified

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the respiratory system (460–519)
    • Pneumonia and influenza (480-488)
      • 480 Viral pneumonia
        • 480.9 Viral pneumonia NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 480.9 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
    • aspiration 507.0
      • due to
        • aspiration of microorganisms
          • viral 480.9
            • specified type NEC 480.8
    • broncho-, bronchial (confluent) (croupous) (diffuse) (disseminated) (hemorrhagic) (involving lobes) (lobar) (terminal) 485
      • viral, virus (see also Pneumonia, viral) 480.9
    • due to
      • virus (see also Pneumonia, viral) 480.9
        • SARS-associated coronavirus 480.3
    • giant cell (see also Pneumonia, viral) 480.9
    • lobar (diplococcal) (disseminated) (double) (interstitial) (pneumococcal, any type) 481
      • viral, virus (see also Pneumonia, viral) 480.9
    • viral, virus (broncho) (interstitial) (lobar) 480.9
      • with influenza, flu, or grippe (see also Influenza) 487.0
      • adenoviral 480.0
      • parainfluenza 480.2
      • respiratory syncytial 480.1
      • SARS-associated coronavirus 480.3
      • specified type NEC 480.8

Crosswalk Information

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


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