481 PNEUMOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 481

Short Description: Pneumococcal pneumonia

Long Description: Pneumococcal pneumonia [Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia]

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the respiratory system (460–519)
    • Pneumonia and influenza (480-488)
      • 481 Pneumococcal pneumonia [Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia]
        • 481 Pneumococcal pneumonia

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 481 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Adenocarcinoma (M8140/3) - see also Neoplasm, by site, malignant
    • mucin-producing (M8481/3)
  • Carcinoma (M8010/3) - see also Neoplasm, by site, malignant
    • mucin-producing (M8481/3)
    • mucin-secreting (M8481/3)
  • 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
    • broncho-, bronchial (confluent) (croupous) (diffuse) (disseminated) (hemorrhagic) (involving lobes) (lobar) (terminal) 485
      • diplococcal 481
      • pneumococcal 481
    • diplococcal, diplococcus (broncho-) (lobar) 481
    • due to
      • Diplococcus (pneumoniae) 481
      • Pneumococcus 481
      • Streptococcus - see also Pneumonia, streptococcal
        • pneumoniae 481
    • lobar (diplococcal) (disseminated) (double) (interstitial) (pneumococcal, any type) 481
      • with influenza (see also Influenza) 487.0
      • bacterial 482.9
        • specified type NEC 482.89
      • chronic (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
      • Escherichia coli (E. coli) 482.82
      • Friedl�nder's bacillus 482.0
      • Hemophilus influenzae (H. influenzae) 482.2
      • hypostatic 514
      • influenzal (see also Influenza) 487.0
      • Klebsiella 482.0
      • ornithosis 073.0
      • Proteus 482.83
      • Pseudomonas 482.1
      • psittacosis 073.0
      • specified organism NEC 483.8
        • bacterial NEC 482.89
      • staphylococcal 482.40
        • aureus 482.41
          • methicillin
            • resistant (MRSA) 482.42
            • susceptible (MSSA) 482.41
        • specified type NEC 482.49
      • streptococcal - see Pneumonia, streptococcal
      • viral, virus (see also Pneumonia, viral) 480.9
    • pneumococcal (broncho) (lobar) 481
    • streptococcal (broncho) (lobar) NEC 482.30
      • pneumoniae 481
    • Streptococcus pneumoniae 481
  • Sarcoma (M8800/3) - see also Neoplasm, connective tissue, malignant
    • monstrocellular (M9481/3)
      • specified site - see Neoplasm, by site, malignant
      • unspecified site 191.9

Crosswalk Information

The code 481 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
481 Right Arrow J13 Pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae
J18.1 Lobar pneumonia, unspecified organism
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.

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