482.9 BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 482.9

Short Description: Bacterial pneumonia NOS

Long Description: Bacterial pneumonia, unspecified

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the respiratory system (460–519)
    • Pneumonia and influenza (480-488)
      • 482 Other bacterial pneumonia
        • 482.9 Bacterial pneumonia NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 482.9 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
          • bacterial 482.9
            • specified type NEC 482.89
    • bacillus 482.9
      • specified type NEC 482.89
    • bacterial 482.9
      • specified type NEC 482.89
    • broncho-, bronchial (confluent) (croupous) (diffuse) (disseminated) (hemorrhagic) (involving lobes) (lobar) (terminal) 485
      • bacterial 482.9
        • specified type NEC 482.89
    • lobar (diplococcal) (disseminated) (double) (interstitial) (pneumococcal, any type) 481
      • bacterial 482.9
        • specified type NEC 482.89

Crosswalk Information

The code 482.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
482.9 Right Arrow J15.9 Unspecified bacterial pneumonia
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
482.0 Pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae
482.1 Pneumonia due to Pseudomonas
482.2 Pneumonia due to Hemophilus influenzae [H. influenzae]
482.30 Pneumonia due to Streptococcus, unspecified
482.31 Pneumonia due to Streptococcus, group A
482.32 Pneumonia due to Streptococcus, group B
482.39 Pneumonia due to other Streptococcus
482.40 Pneumonia due to Staphylococcus, unspecified
482.41 Methicillin susceptible pneumonia due to Staphylococcus aureus
482.42 Methicillin resistant pneumonia due to Staphylococcus aureus
482.49 Other Staphylococcus pneumonia
482.81 Pneumonia due to anaerobes
482.82 Pneumonia due to escherichia coli [E. coli]
482.83 Pneumonia due to other gram-negative bacteria
482.84 Pneumonia due to Legionnaires' disease
482.89 Pneumonia due to other specified bacteria


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