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Specific code 2010 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 480.1
Pneumonia due to respiratory syncytial virus
  • Short description: Resp syncyt viral pneum.
  • ICD-9-CM 480.1 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 480.1 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 2010 version of ICD-9-CM 480.1.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 480.1: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 480.1 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J12.1 Respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia
Approximate Synonyms
  • Bronchopneumonia due to respiratory syncytial virus
  • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchopneumonia
  • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) pneumonia
  • RSV bronchopneumonia
  • RSV pneumonia
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 480.1:
  • 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
    • respiratory syncytial virus 480.1
    • 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
  • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) 079.6
    • pneumonia 480.1
 480.0 ICD9Data.com 480.2 
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