A02.22 — Salmonella pneumonia
A02.22 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for salmonella pneumonia. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Other codes that can never be billed with A02.22
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at A02.22. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading A02.22 alone.
- J17Pneumonia in diseases classified elsewhere
Risk adjustment
A02.22 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How A02.22 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to A02.22.
- Pneumonia›Salmonella(arizonae) (cholerae-suis) (enteritidis) (typhimurium)
- Pneumonia›in›Salmonella(infection)
- Infection, infected, infective›Salmonella›localized›pneumonia
- Intoxication›foodborne›due to›Salmonella›with›localized infection›pneumonia
Related codes at this level
Codes that share A02.2. If A02.22 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about A02.22
- Is A02.22 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. A02.22 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does A02.22 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09).