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Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 997.31
Ventilator associated pneumonia
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 997.31 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 997.31 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).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 997.31 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J95.851 Ventilator associated pneumonia
Approximate Synonyms
  • Ventilator-acquired pneumonia
Clinical Information
  • Serious inflammation of the lung in patients who required the use of pulmonary ventilator. It is usually caused by cross bacterial infections in hospitals (nosocomial infections)
Applies To
  • Ventilator associated pneumonitis
Use Additional
  • Use additional code to identify organism
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 997.31:
  • 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
    • ventilator associated 997.31
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) (see also Pneumonia) 486
    • ventilator associated 997.31
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