ICD-10-CM Code P23
Congenital pneumonia
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code P23 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the nine child codes of P23 that describes the diagnosis 'congenital pneumonia' in more detail.
- P23 Congenital pneumonia NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE P23.0 Congenital pneumonia due to viral agent
- BILLABLE P23.1 Congenital pneumonia due to Chlamydia
- BILLABLE P23.2 Congenital pneumonia due to staphylococcus
- BILLABLE P23.3 Congenital pneumonia due to streptococcus, group B
- BILLABLE P23.4 Congenital pneumonia due to Escherichia coli
- BILLABLE P23.5 Congenital pneumonia due to Pseudomonas
- BILLABLE P23.6 Congenital pneumonia due to other bacterial agents
- BILLABLE P23.8 Congenital pneumonia due to other organisms
- BILLABLE P23.9 Congenital pneumonia, unspecified
The ICD code P23 is used to code Bronchopneumonia
Bronchopneumonia, bronchial pneumonia or bronchogenic pneumonia (not to be confused with lobar pneumonia) is the acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles. It is a type of pneumonia characterized by multiple foci of isolated, acute consolidation, affecting one or more pulmonary lobules.
| Specialty: | Infectious Disease, Pulmonology |
| MeSH Codes: | D011014, D011014, D011014, D011014, D011014, D011014, D011014, D011014 |
| ICD 9 Codes: | 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 770.0 |
Coding Notes for P23 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Includes Notes:
Includes
Includes notes further define, or give examples of, conditions included in the section. - Infective pneumonia acquired in utero or during birth
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Neonatal pneumonia resulting from aspiration - instead, use code P24.-
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'P23 - Congenital pneumonia'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code P23. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.