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J15.2

J15.2: Pneumonia due to staphylococcus

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

J15.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pneumonia due to staphylococcus. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above J15.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on J15: Bacterial pneumonia, not elsewhere classified

  • chlamydial pneumonia (J16.0)
  • congenital pneumonia (P23.-)
  • Legionnaires' disease (A48.1)
  • spirochetal pneumonia (A69.8)

Other codes that can never be billed with J15.2

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • Z16Resistance to antimicrobial drugs

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 J15.2

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under J15

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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