Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in ICD10

There is no specific ICD10 diagnosis code for CAP. 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

PLUS

• relevant Pathogens, possibly Infectious organism, unknown or an NOS