2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 495.9
Unspecified allergic alveolitis and pneumonitis
- 2015
- Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
- Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
- ICD-9-CM 495.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 495.9 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:
495.9 converts directly to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J67.9 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to unspecified organic dust
Approximate Synonyms
- Extrinsic allergic alveolitis
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Clinical Information
- A common interstitial lung disease caused by hypersensitivity reactions of pulmonary alveoli after inhalation of and sensitization to environmental antigens of microbial, animal, or chemical sources. The disease is characterized by lymphocytic alveolitis and granulomatous pneumonitis
- Conditions in which inhalation of organic dusts results in hypersensitivity reactions at the alveolar level, associated with the production of precipitins
Applies To
- Alveolitis, allergic (extrinsic)
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to
495.9:
- Allergy, allergic (reaction) 995.3
alveolitis (extrinsic) 495.9
due to
Aspergillus clavatus 495.4- cryptostroma corticale 495.6
- organisms (fungal, thermophilic actinomycete, other) growing in ventilation (air conditioning systems) 495.7
- specified type NEC 495.8
- Alveolitis
- allergic (extrinsic) 495.9
- due to organisms (fungal, thermophilic actinomycete, other) growing in ventilation (air conditioning systems) 495.7
- specified type NEC 495.8
- Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
- lung NEC 518.89
- black 500
- congenital 748.60
- cystic 518.89
- fibroid (chronic) (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
- fluke 121.2
- in
- interstitial (chronic) 515
- nonspecific, chronic 496
- obstructive (chronic) (COPD) 496
- with
- acute
- alveolitis, allergic (see also Alveolitis, allergic) 495.9
- asthma (chronic) (obstructive) 493.2
- bronchiectasis 494.0
- with acute exacerbation 494.1
- bronchitis (chronic) 491.20
- decompensated 491.21
- emphysema NEC 492.8
- diffuse (with fibrosis) 496
- of childhood, specified NEC 516.69
- polycystic 518.89
- asthma (chronic) (obstructive) 493.2
- congenital 748.4
- purulent (cavitary) 513.0
- restrictive 518.89
- rheumatoid 714.81
- specified NEC 518.89
- Hypersensitive, hypersensitiveness, hypersensitivity - see also Allergy
- pneumonitis NEC 495.9
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive
- airway NEC 519.8
- with
- allergic alveolitis NEC 495.9
- asthma NEC (see also Asthma) 493.9
- bronchiectasis 494.0
- with acute exacerbation 494.1
- bronchitis (see also Bronchitis, with, obstruction) 491.20
- emphysema NEC 492.8
- chronic 496
- with
- allergic alveolitis NEC 495.5
- asthma NEC (see also Asthma) 493.2
- bronchiectasis 494.0
- with acute exacerbation 494.1
- bronchitis (chronic) (see also Bronchitis, chronic, obstructive) 491.20
- emphysema NEC 492.8
- due to
- Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) (see also Pneumonia) 486
- allergic 495.9
- hypersensitivity 495.9
