J12.8
J12.8: Other viral pneumonia
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
J12.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other viral pneumonia. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above J12.8
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on J12: Viral pneumonia, not elsewhere classified
- aspiration pneumonia due to anesthesia during labor and delivery (O74.0)
- aspiration pneumonia due to anesthesia during pregnancy (O29)
- aspiration pneumonia due to anesthesia during puerperium (O89.0)
- aspiration pneumonia due to solids and liquids (J69.-)
- aspiration pneumonia NOS (J69.0)
- congenital pneumonia (P23.0)
- congenital rubella pneumonitis (P35.0)
- interstitial pneumonia NOS (J84.9)
- lipid pneumonia (J69.1)
- neonatal aspiration pneumonia (P24.-)
Other codes that can never be billed with J12.8
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
The condition this code belongs to
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead J12.8
3 child codes. Green means billable.