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Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 488.81
Influenza due to identified novel influenza A virus with pneumonia
  • Short description: Flu dt nvl A vrs w pneu.
  • ICD-9-CM 488.81 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 488.81 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 488.81.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 488.81: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 488.81 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J09.X1 Influenza due to identified novel influenza A virus with pneumonia
Approximate Synonyms
  • Influenza A w pneumonia
  • Influenza A with pneumonia
  • Influenza due to identified novel influenza A virus w pneumonia
Applies To
  • Influenza due to animal origin influenza virus with pneumonia, any form
  • Novel influenza A:
    • bronchopneumonia
    • pneumonia
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ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 488.81:
  • Influenza, influenzal 487.1
    • due to identified
      • animal origin influenza virus - see Influenza, due to identified, novel influenza A virus
      • avian influenza virus 488.02
      • (novel) 2009 H1N1 influenza virus 488.12
      • novel influenza A virus 488.82
  • 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
    • with influenza, flu, or grippe 487.0
      • due to
        • identified (virus)
        • novel influenza A 488.81
    • broncho-, bronchial (confluent) (croupous) (diffuse) (disseminated) (hemorrhagic) (involving lobes) (lobar) (terminal) 485
      • with influenza 487.0
        • due to
          • identified (virus)
          • novel influenza A 488.81
      • allergic 518.3
      • aspiration (see also Pneumonia, aspiration) 507.0
      • bacterial 482.9
      • capillary 466.19
        • with bronchospasm or obstruction 466.19
      • chronic (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
      • congenital (infective) 770.0
      • diplococcal 481
      • Eaton's agent 483.0
      • Escherichia coli (E. coli) 482.82
      • Friedländer's bacillus 482.0
      • Hemophilus influenzae 482.2
      • hiberno-vernal 083.0 [484.8]
      • hypostatic 514
      • influenzal (see also Influenza) 487.0
      • inhalation (see also Pneumonia, aspiration) 507.0
        • due to fumes or vapors (chemical) 506.0
      • Klebsiella 482.0
      • lipid 507.1
      • Mycoplasma (pneumoniae) 483.0
      • ornithosis 073.0
      • pleuropneumonia-like organisms (PPLO) 483.0
      • pneumococcal 481
      • Proteus 482.83
      • Pseudomonas 482.1
      • specified organism NEC 483.8
      • staphylococcal 482.40
      • streptococcal - see Pneumonia, streptococcal
      • typhoid 002.0 [484.8]
      • viral, virus (see also Pneumonia, viral) 480.9
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