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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
*Mainly, this code is used when it's believed an infectious pneumonia is present, but even the ''type'' of organism is not known. | *Mainly, this code is used when it's believed an infectious pneumonia is present, but even the ''type'' of organism is not known. | ||
*The diagnosis of VAP '''[[Pneumonia, ventilator-associated (VAP)]]''' supercedes this code. | |||
*To code hospital-acquired pneumonia NOS, link this code with '''[[Iatrogenic, complication of medical or surgical care NOS]]''' | *To code hospital-acquired pneumonia NOS, link this code with '''[[Iatrogenic, complication of medical or surgical care NOS]]''' | ||
Revision as of 09:54, 3 November 2017
ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Pneumonia, NOS |
ICD10 code: | J18 |
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | CAP-Community Acquired Pneumonia, HAP-Hospital Acquired Pneumonia, VAP - Ventilator Associated Pneumonia |
Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
APACHE Como Component: | none |
APACHE Acute Component: | 2019-0: Respiratory Infection |
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Stop Date: | |
Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements): | No results |
External ICD10 Documentation |
This diagnosis is a part of ICD10 collection.
Additional Info
- Mainly, this code is used when it's believed an infectious pneumonia is present, but even the type of organism is not known.
- The diagnosis of VAP Pneumonia, ventilator-associated (VAP) supercedes this code.
- To code hospital-acquired pneumonia NOS, link this code with Iatrogenic, complication of medical or surgical care NOS
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
Pneumonia codes: |
Candidate Combined ICD10 codes
- Iatrogenic, complication of medical or surgical care NOS -- add this to make viral hospital-acquired pneumonia
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