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Specific code 2011 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 481
Pneumococcal pneumonia [streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia]
  • Short description: Pneumococcal pneumonia.
  • ICD-9-CM 481 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 481 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 2011 version of ICD-9-CM 481.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 481: 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 481 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J13 Pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J18.1 Lobar pneumonia, unspecified organism
Approximate Synonyms
  • Bronchopneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Left lower zone pneumonia
  • Left upper zone pneumonia
  • Lingular pneumonia
  • Lobar pneumonia
  • Lobar pneumonia left lower lobe
  • Lobar pneumonia left upper lobe
  • Lobar pneumonia lingula
  • Lobar pneumonia right lower lobe
  • Lobar pneumonia right middle lobe
  • Lobar pneumonia right upper lobe
  • Lobar pneumonia, lingula
  • Lobar pneumonia, LLL
  • Lobar pneumonia, LUL
  • Lobar pneumonia, RLL
  • Lobar pneumonia, RML
  • Lobar pneumonia, RUL
  • Pneumococcal bronchopneumonia
  • Pneumococcal pneumonia
  • Right lower zone pneumonia
  • Right middle zone pneumonia
  • Right upper zone pneumonia
Applies To
  • Lobar pneumonia, organism unspecified
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 481:
  • 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
      • with influenza 487.0
      • 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
    • diplococcal, diplococcus (broncho-) (lobar) 481
    • due to
      • adenovirus 480.0
      • anaerobes 482.81
      • Bacterium anitratum 482.83
      • Chlamydia, chlamydial 483.1
      • coccidioidomycosis 114.0
      • Diplococcus (pneumoniae) 481
      • Eaton's agent 483.0
      • Escherichia coli (E. coli) 482.82
      • Friedländer's bacillus 482.0
      • fumes or vapors (chemical) (inhalation) 506.0
      • fungus NEC 117.9 [484.7]
      • Hemophilus influenzae (H. influenzae) 482.2
      • Herellea 482.83
      • influenza (see also Influenza) 487.0
      • Klebsiella pneumoniae 482.0
      • Mycoplasma (pneumoniae) 483.0
      • parainfluenza virus 480.2
      • pleuropneumonia-like organism (PPLO) 483.0
      • Pneumococcus 481
      • Pneumocystis carinii 136.3
      • Pneumocystis jiroveci 136.3
      • Proteus 482.83
      • Pseudomonas 482.1
      • respiratory syncytial virus 480.1
      • rickettsia 083.9 [484.8]
      • SARS-associated coronavirus 480.3
      • specified
      • Staphylococcus 482.40
      • Streptococcus - see also Pneumonia, streptococcal
        • pneumoniae 481
      • virus (see also Pneumonia, viral) 480.9
        • SARS-associated coronavirus 480.3
    • 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
    • pneumococcal (broncho) (lobar) 481
    • Streptococcus pneumoniae 481
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