Instruction Source: J18.2
Hypostatic pneumonia, unspecified organism
Instruction Source: J18
Pneumonia, unspecified organism
Excludes 1 (Mutually Exclusive)
- congenital pneumonia (P23.0)
- drug-induced interstitial lung disorder (J70.2-J70.4)
- interstitial pneumonia NOS (J84.9)
- neonatal aspiration pneumonia (P24.-)
- pneumonitis due to fumes and vapors (J68.0)
- usual interstitial pneumonia (J84.178)
Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)
- abscess of lung with pneumonia (J85.1)
- aspiration pneumonia NOS (J69.0)
- aspiration pneumonia due to anesthesia during labor and delivery (O74.0)
- aspiration pneumonia due to anesthesia during pregnancy (O29)
- aspiration pneumonia due to anesthesia during puerperium (O89.0)
- aspiration pneumonia due to solids and liquids (J69.-)
- lipid pneumonia (J69.1)
- pneumonitis due to external agents (J67-J70)
Instruction Source: J09-J18
Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18)
Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)
- allergic or eosinophilic pneumonia (J82)
- aspiration pneumonia NOS (J69.0)
- congenital pneumonia (P23.9)
- lipid pneumonia (J69.1)
- meconium pneumonia (P24.01)
- neonatal aspiration pneumonia (P24.-)
- pneumonia due to solids and liquids (J69.-)
- rheumatic pneumonia (I00)
- ventilator associated pneumonia (J95.851)
Instruction Source: J00-J99
Diseases of the respiratory system
Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- smoke inhalation (T59.81-)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Clinical Notes
- When a respiratory condition is described as occurring in more than one site and is not specifically indexed, it should be classified to the lower anatomic site (e.g. tracheobronchitis to bronchitis in J40).