J15.9 Unspecified bacterial pneumonia

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Pneumonia due to gram-positive bacteria

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Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved) J18.9
due to
aspiration of microorganisms
broncho-, bronchial (confluent) (croupous) (diffuse) (disseminated) (hemorrhagic) (involving lobes) (lobar) (terminal) J18.0
lobar (disseminated) (double) (interstitial) J18.1

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Code Title
J00-J99 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
J09-J18 Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18)
J15 Bacterial pneumonia, not elsewhere classified
J15.9 Unspecified bacterial pneumonia
Applicable to
Pneumonia due to gram-positive bacteria