J95.851 Ventilator associated pneumonia

Coding Notes

Active
Billable, valid for HIPAA-covered transactions

Additional

code to identify the organism, if known (B95.-, B96.-, B97.-)

Type 1 Excludes

ventilator lung in newborn (P27.8)

Applicable To

Ventilator associated pneumonitis

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Back Reference of Diagnostic Codes

Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved) J18.9
Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) See also Pneumonia
due to

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