Specific code 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 480.3
Pneumonia due to sars-associated coronavirus
  • Short description: PNEUMONIA DUE TO SARS.
  • ICD-9-CM 480.3 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 480.3 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2006 version of ICD-9-CM 480.3.
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Convert to ICD-10-CM: 480.3 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J12.81 Pneumonia due to SARS-associated coronavirus
Approximate Synonyms
  • Pneumonia due to sars
  • Pneumonia due to Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
  • SARS pneumonia
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 480.3:
  • Pneumonia (acute) (Alpenstich) (benign) (bilateral) (brain) (cerebral) (circumscribed) (congestive) (creeping) (delayed resolution) (double) (epidemic) (fever) (flash) (fulminant) (fungoid) (granulomatous) (hemorrhagic) (incipient) (infantile) (infectious) (infiltration) (insular) (intermittent) (latent) (lobe) (migratory) (newborn) (organized) (overwhelming) (primary) (progressive) (pseudolobar) (purulent) (resolved) (secondary) (senile) (septic) (suppurative) (terminal) (true) (unresolved) (vesicular) 486
    • due to
      • adenovirus 480.0
      • anaerobes 482.81
      • Bacterium anitratum 482.83
      • Chlamydia, chlamydial 483.1
      • coccidioidomycosis 114.0
      • Diplococcus (pneumoniae) 481
      • Eaton's agent 483.0
      • Escherichia coli (E. coli) 482.82
      • Friedländer's bacillus 482.0
      • fumes or vapors (chemical) (inhalation) 506.0
      • fungus NEC 117.9 [484.7]
      • Hemophilus influenzae (H. influenzae) 482.2
      • Herellea 482.83
      • influenza 487.0
      • Klebsiella pneumoniae 482.0
      • Mycoplasma (pneumoniae) 483.0
      • parainfluenza virus 480.2
      • pleuropneumonia-like organism (PPLO) 483.0
      • Pneumococcus 481
      • Pneumocystis carinii 136.3
      • Proteus 482.83
      • Pseudomonas 482.1
      • respiratory syncytial virus 480.1
      • rickettsia 083.9 [484.8]
      • SARS-associated coronavirus 480.3
      • specified
      • Staphylococcus 482.40
      • Streptococcus - see also Pneumonia, streptococcal
      • virus (see also Pneumonia, viral) 480.9
        • SARS-associated coronavirus 480.3
    • SARS-associated coronavirus 480.3
    • viral, virus (broncho) (interstitial) (lobar) 480.9
      • with influenza, flu, or grippe 487.0
      • adenoviral 480.0
      • parainfluenza 480.2
      • respiratory syncytial 480.1
      • SARS-associated coronavirus 480.3
      • specified type NEC 480.8
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