Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in ICD10

Additional Info

• This is NOT a specific ICD10 diagnosis code. Instead, a pneumonia is a CAP if it doesn't meet the criteria for either a HAP (Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) in ICD10) or VAP (Pneumonia, ventilator-associated (VAP)).

ICD10s to consider coding to represent a CAP

• Pneumonia, bacterial
• Pneumonia, fungal/yeast
• Pneumonia, viral
• Pneumonia, NOS