What is pneumonia?
Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs due to bacteria, virus, and fungi and it can be a mild to severe infection that patient has to go to the hospital.
Types of Pneumonia:
There are 4 types of Pneumonia and all these are classifieds as per their symptoms:
- HAP- Hospital-acquired pneumonia- HAP pneumonia is acquired during a hospital stay. It can be more serious than other types of pneumonia, in this type of pneumonia, bacteria are more resistant to antibiotics.
- CAP- Community-acquired pneumonia- CAP pneumonia is acquired outside of a medical or institutional community.
- VAP- Ventilator-associated pneumonia– Sometimes patients who are using a ventilator get pneumonia. Thatswhy it is called VAP pneumonia.
- Aspiration Pneumonia- This type of pneumonia due to Inhaling bacteria into your lungs from food, drink, or saliva.
Symptoms of Pneumonia:
Symptoms of pneumonia, you can confirm pneumonia as per mentioned below:
- Chest pain with cough
- Shortness of breath
- Changes in mental awareness in old ones aged 65 and above
- Cough with phlegm
- Fatigue
- Fever
- sweating
- shaking chills
- Lower than normal body temperature
- Nausea
- vomiting
- Diarrhea
Pneumonia ICD 10:
The diagnosis code for Pneumonia ICD 10 is J18.9. Other related dx codes for Pneumonia are as below
| J15.9 | Unspecified bacterial pneumonia |
| J16 | Pneumonia due to other infectious organisms |
| J16.0 | Chlamydial pneumonia |
| J16.8 | Pneumonia due to other specified infectious organisms |
| J17 | Pneumonia in diseases classified elsewhere |
| J18 | Pneumonia unspecified organism |
| J18.0 | Bronchopneumonia unspecified organism |
| J18.1 | Lobar pneumonia unspecified organism |
| J18.2 | Hypostatic pneumonia unspecified organism |
| J18.8 | Other pneumonia unspecified organism |
| J18.9 | Pneumonia unspecified organism |
| J20 | Acute bronchitis |
| J20.0 | Acute bronchitis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae |
| J20.1 | Acute bronchitis due to Hemophilus influenzae |
| J20.2 | Acute bronchitis due to streptococcus |
| J20.3 | Acute bronchitis due to coxsackievirus |
| J20.4 | Acute bronchitis due to parainfluenza virus |
| J20.5 | Acute bronchitis due to respiratory syncytial virus |
| J20.6 | Acute bronchitis due to rhinovirus |
| J20.7 | Acute bronchitis due to echovirus |
| J20.8 | Acute bronchitis due to other specified organisms |
All information is gathered from authorized sources of information like AAPC, AMA, CMS, etc.
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