Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 484.3
Pneumonia in whooping cough
  • Short description: Pneumonia in whoop cough.
  • ICD-9-CM 484.3 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 484.3 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 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 484.3.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 484.3: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 484.3 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM A37.91 Whooping cough, unspecified species with pneumonia
Approximate Synonyms
  • Pertussis w pneumonia
  • Pneumonia due to Bordetella parapertussis
  • Pneumonia in pertussis
  • Whooping cough due to Bordetella parapertussis w pneumonia
  • Whooping cough due to Bordetella with pneumonia
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ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 484.3:
  • 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
  • Whooping cough 033.9
    • with pneumonia 033.9 [484.3]
    • due to
      • Bordetella
      • specified organism NEC 033.8
        • with pneumonia 033.8 [484.3]
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