B59

Pneumocystosis

Billable / specificHCC V28 6

B59 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Includes

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Applicable to

  • Pneumonia due to Pneumocystis carinii
  • Pneumonia due to Pneumocystis jirovecii

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • amebiasis (A06.-)
  • other protozoal intestinal diseases (A07.-)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)

Also known as

  • Pneumonia due to Pneumocystis carinii
  • Pneumonia due to Pneumocystis jirovecii
  • Disease, diseased, protozoal, pneumocystosis
  • Infection, infected, infective, Pneumocystis carinii
  • Infection, infected, infective, Pneumocystis jirovecii
  • Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii
  • Pneumonia, in pneumocystosis
  • Pneumonia, interstitial, plasma cell
  • Pneumonia, plasma cell
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis

Related codes

  • B50Plasmodium falciparum malariaHeader
  • B51Plasmodium vivax malariaHeader
  • B52Plasmodium malariae malariaHeader
  • B53Other specified malariaHeader
  • B54Unspecified malariaBillable
  • B55LeishmaniasisHeader
  • B56African trypanosomiasisHeader
  • B57Chagas' diseaseHeader
  • B58ToxoplasmosisHeader
  • B60Other protozoal diseases, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
  • B64Unspecified protozoal diseaseBillable

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