495.8 ALLERG ALVEOL/PNEUM NEC


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 495.8

Short Description: Allerg alveol/pneum NEC

Long Description: Other specified allergic alveolitis and pneumonitis

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the respiratory system (460–519)
    • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and allied conditions (490-496)
      • 495 Extrinsic allergic alveolitis
        • 495.8 Allerg alveol/pneum NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Animal handlers' lung
  • Asthmatic pulmonary alveolitis
  • Bakers' asthma
  • Cheese-makers' asthma
  • Cheese-washers' lung
  • Coffee-workers' lung
  • Feather-pickers' disease
  • Fish-meal workers' lung
  • Furriers' lung
  • Grain fever
  • Grain-handlers' disease
  • New Guinea lung
  • Paprika splitters' lung
  • Pituitary snuff-takers' disease
  • Prolonged pulmonary alveolitis
  • Pyrethrum alveolitis
  • Sequoiosis
  • Sewage workers' lung
  • Simple pulmonary alveolitis
  • Tea-makers' asthma
  • Tropical pulmonary alveolitis
  • Wheat weevil disease
  • Wood asthma

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 495.8 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Allergy, allergic (reaction) 995.3
    • alveolitis (extrinsic) 495.9
      • specified type NEC 495.8
  • Alveolitis
    • allergic (extrinsic) 495.9
      • specified type NEC 495.8
  • Asthma, asthmatic (bronchial) (catarrh) (spasmodic) 493.9
    • red cedar 495.8
    • sequoiosis 495.8
    • wood 495.8
  • Cheese washers' lung 495.8
  • Coffee workers' lung 495.8
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • grain-handlers' 495.8
    • pituitary snuff-takers' 495.8
  • Fish
    • meal workers' lung 495.8
  • Furriers' lung 495.8
  • Grain-handlers' disease or lung 495.8
  • Pituitary snuff-takers' disease 495.8
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) (see also Pneumonia) 486
    • allergic 495.9
      • specified type NEC 495.8
    • wood-dust 495.8
  • Red cedar asthma 495.8
  • Sequoiosis asthma 495.8
  • Wood asthma 495.8

Crosswalk Information

The code 495.8 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
495.8 Right Arrow J67.8 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to other organic dusts
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
495.0 Farmers' lung
495.1 Bagassosis
495.2 Bird-fanciers' lung
495.3 Suberosis
495.4 Malt workers' lung
495.5 Mushroom workers' lung
495.6 Maple bark-strippers' lung
495.7 "Ventilation" pneumonitis
495.9 Unspecified allergic alveolitis and pneumonitis


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014