Home > 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes > Diseases Of The Respiratory System 460-519 > Other Diseases Of Respiratory System 510-519 > Other alveolar and parietoalveolar pneumonopathy 516-
Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 516.36
Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia
  • Short description: Cryptogenic organiz pneu.
  • ICD-9-CM 516.36 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 516.36 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 516.36.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 516.36: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 516.36 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J84.116 Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia
Approximate Synonyms
  • Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia
  • Cryptogenic organizing pneumoni
  • Idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia
516.36 Excludes
  • organizing pneumonia NOS, or due to known underlying cause (516.8)
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 516.36:
  • 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
    • cryptogenic organizing 516.36
 516.35 ICD9Data.com 516.37 
ICD-9-CM codes are used in medical billing and coding to describe diseases, injuries, symptoms and conditions. ICD-9-CM 516.36 is one of thousands of ICD-9-CM codes used in healthcare. Although ICD-9-CM and CPT codes are largely numeric, they differ in that CPT codes describe medical procedures and services. Can't find a code? Start at the root of ICD-9-CM, check the 2012 ICD-9-CM Index or use the search engine at the top of this page to lookup any code.
Free ICD-9-CM Codes
Site Information
Free ICD-10-CM/PCS Codes
Free HCPCS Codes