J18.2Billable
Hypostatic pneumonia, unspecified organism
Chapter 10: Diseases of the respiratory system
Inclusion Terms
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Inclusion Terms
- •Hypostatic bronchopneumonia
- •Passive pneumonia
Billable Code
J18.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Additional Information from Parent Codes
The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Excludes2
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Excludes2
From J00-J99:
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
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- •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)
From J18:
- •abscess of lung with pneumonia (J85.1)
- •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.-)
- •aspiration pneumonia NOS (J69.0)
- •lipid pneumonia (J69.1)
- •pneumonitis due to external agents (J67-J70)
Use Additional Code
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Use Additional Code
Notes
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Notes
From J00-J99:
- •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).