Specific code 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 485
Bronchopneumonia, organism unspecified
  • 2014
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • Short description: Bronchopneumonia org NOS.
  • ICD-9-CM 485 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 485 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 2014 version of ICD-9-CM 485.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 485: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 485 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J18.0 Bronchopneumonia, unspecified organism
Approximate Synonyms
  • Bronchopneumonia
485 Excludes
Applies To
  • Bronchopneumonia:
    • hemorrhagic
    • terminal
  • Pleurobronchopneumonia
  • Pneumonia:
    • lobular
    • segmental
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 485:
  • Bronchoalveolitis 485
  • Pleurobronchopneumonia (see also Pneumonia, broncho-) 485
  • 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
    • broncho-, bronchial (confluent) (croupous) (diffuse) (disseminated) (hemorrhagic) (involving lobes) (lobar) (terminal) 485
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