Specific code 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 486
Pneumonia, organism unspecified
  • 2014
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • Short description: Pneumonia, organism NOS.
  • ICD-9-CM 486 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 486 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 486.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 486: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 486 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J18.9 Pneumonia, unspecified organism
Approximate Synonyms
  • Abscess of lung with pneumonia
  • Atypical pneumonia
  • Bilat lower lobe pneumonia
  • Bilat pneumonia
  • Bilateral basal pneumonia
  • Bilateral lower lobe pneumonia
  • Bilateral pneumonia
  • Community acquired pneumonia
  • Drug induced pneumonitis
  • Drug-induced pneumonitis
  • Healthcare associated pneumonia
  • Hospital acquired pneumonia
  • Lung abscess w pneumonia
  • Lung abscess with pneumonia
  • Nosocomial pneumonia
  • Pneumonia
  • Pneumonia after surgery
  • Pneumonia, atypical
  • Pneumonitis
  • Post obstructive pneumonia
  • Postobstructive pneumonia
  • Postoperative pneumonia
  • Recurrent pneumonia
486 Excludes
  • hypostatic or passive pneumonia (514)
  • inhalation or aspiration pneumonia due to foreign materials (507.0-507.8)
  • pneumonitis due to fumes and vapors (506.0)
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 486:
  • Congestion, congestive
    • lung 786.9
      • active or acute (see also Pneumonia) 486
      • chronic 514
      • hypostatic 514
      • idiopathic, acute 518.52
      • passive 514
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
    • lung (acute) (see also Pneumonia) 486
  • Pleuropneumonia (acute) (bilateral) (double) (septic) (see also Pneumonia) 486
    • chronic (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
  • 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
    • alveolar - see Pneumonia, lobar
    • apex, apical - see Pneumonia, lobar
    • atypical (disseminated) (focal) (primary) 486
      • with influenza (see also Influenza) 487.0
    • Bacteroides (fragilis) (oralis) (melaninogenicus) 482.81
    • basal, basic, basilar - see Pneumonia, by type
    • bronchiolitis obliterans organized (BOOP) 516.8
    • broncho-, bronchial (confluent) (croupous) (diffuse) (disseminated) (hemorrhagic) (involving lobes) (lobar) (terminal) 485
    • Butyrivibrio (fibriosolvens) 482.81
    • caseous (see also Tuberculosis) 011.6
    • catarrhal - see Pneumonia, broncho-
    • central - see Pneumonia, lobar
    • chronic (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
    • cirrhotic (chronic) (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
    • Clostridium (haemolyticum) (novyi) NEC 482.81
    • confluent - see Pneumonia, broncho-
    • croupous - see Pneumonia, lobar
    • deglutition (see also Pneumonia, aspiration) 507.0
    • desquamative interstitial 516.37
    • diffuse - see Pneumonia, broncho-
    • diplococcal, diplococcus (broncho-) (lobar) 481
    • disseminated (focal) - see Pneumonia, broncho-
    • embolic, embolism (see Embolism, pulmonary)
    • Escherichia coli (E. coli) 482.82
    • fibrinous - see Pneumonia, lobar
    • fibroid (chronic) (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
    • fibrous (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
    • Friedländer's bacillus 482.0
    • fusobacterium (nucleatum) 482.81
    • giant cell (see also Pneumonia, viral) 480.9
    • grippal (see also Influenza) 487.0
    • Hemophilus influenzae (bronchial) (lobar) 482.2
    • hypostatic (broncho-) (lobar) 514
    • infective, acquired prenatally 770.0
    • influenzal (broncho) (lobar) (virus) (see also Influenza) 487.0
    • inhalation (see also Pneumonia, aspiration) 507.0
      • fumes or vapors (chemical) 506.0
    • interstitial 516.8
      • with influenzal (see also Influenza) 487.0
      • acute
        • due to Pneumocystis (carinii) (jiroveci) 136.3
          • meaning:
            • acute interstitial pneumonitis 516.33
            • atypical pneumonia - see Pneumonia, atypical
            • bacterial pneumonia - see Pneumonia, bacterial
      • chronic (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
      • desquamative 516.37
      • hypostatic 514
      • idiopathic 516.30
      • lipoid 507.1
      • lymphoid (due to known underlying cause) 516.8
      • non-specific (due to known underlying cause) 516.8
      • organizing (due to known underlying cause) 516.8
      • plasma cell 136.3
      • Pseudomonas 482.1
    • Klebsiella pneumoniae 482.0
    • lipid, lipoid (exogenous) (interstitial) 507.1
    • lobar (diplococcal) (disseminated) (double) (interstitial) (pneumococcal, any type) 481
      • with influenza (see also Influenza) 487.0
      • bacterial 482.9
      • chronic (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
      • Escherichia coli (E. coli) 482.82
      • Friedländer's bacillus 482.0
      • Hemophilus influenzae (H. influenzae) 482.2
      • hypostatic 514
      • influenzal (see also Influenza) 487.0
      • Klebsiella 482.0
      • ornithosis 073.0
      • Proteus 482.83
      • Pseudomonas 482.1
      • psittacosis 073.0
      • specified organism NEC 483.8
      • staphylococcal 482.40
      • streptococcal - see Pneumonia, streptococcal
      • viral, virus (see also Pneumonia, viral) 480.9
    • lobular (confluent) - see Pneumonia, broncho-
    • massive - see Pneumonia, lobar
    • methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) 482.42
    • methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) 482.41
    • MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) 482.42
    • MSSA (methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus) 482.41
    • multilobar - see Pneumonia, by type
    • Mycoplasma (pneumoniae) 483.0
    • orthostatic 514
    • parainfluenza virus 480.2
    • parenchymatous (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
    • patchy - see Pneumonia, broncho
    • pleurolobar - see Pneumonia, lobar
    • pleuropneumonia-like organism (PPLO) 483.0
    • pneumococcal (broncho) (lobar) 481
    • Pneumocystis (carinii) (jiroveci) 136.3
    • primary atypical 486
    • respiratory syncytial virus 480.1
    • SARS-associated coronavirus 480.3
    • segmented, segmental - see Pneumonia, broncho-
    • static, stasis 514
    • Streptococcus pneumoniae 481
    • traumatic (complication) (early) (secondary) 958.8
    • tuberculous (any) (see also Tuberculosis) 011.6
    • viral, virus (broncho) (interstitial) (lobar) 480.9
      • with influenza, flu, or grippe (see also Influenza) 487.0
      • adenoviral 480.0
      • parainfluenza 480.2
      • respiratory syncytial 480.1
      • SARS-associated coronavirus 480.3
      • specified type NEC 480.8
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) (see also Pneumonia) 486
    • chronic (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
    • lymphoid, interstitial 516.8
    • postanesthetic
      • correct substance properly administered 507.0
      • obstetric 668.0
      • overdose or wrong substance given 968.4
        • specified anesthetic - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
    • rubella, congenital 771.0
  • Pneumopleurisy, pneumopleuritis (see also Pneumonia) 486
  • Pulmonitis (unknown etiology) 486
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