2025
ICD-10-CM
Diagnosis
Code

J15 Bacterial pneumonia, not elsewhere classified

  • Non-billable
  • 2016–2025

J15 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Bacterial pneumonia, not elsewhere classified.

Includes

  • Bronchopneumonia due to bacteria other than S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae

Code first

Code also

  • If applicable, any associated condition such as:

Type 1 excludes

  • Chlamydial pneumonia (J16.0)

  • Congenital pneumonia (P23.-)

  • Legionnaires' disease (A48.1)

  • Spirochetal pneumonia (A69.8)

Codes

Versions

  1. 2025

    Code changed

    • Code also

        • associated abscess, if applicable (J85.1)
        • , if applicable, any associated condition such as:
        • abscess (J85.1)
        • aspiration pneumonia (J69.-)
    • Code first

        • associated influenza, if applicable (J09.X1, J10.0-, J11.0-)
        • , if applicable, associated influenza (J09.X1, J10.0-, J11.0-)
  2. 2024

    No changes

  3. 2023

    No changes

  4. 2022

    No changes

  5. 2021

    No changes

  6. 2020

    No changes

  7. 2019

    No changes

  8. 2018

    No changes

  9. 2017

    No changes

  10. 2016

    New code