J15.21
J15.21: Pneumonia due to staphylococcus aureus
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
J15.21 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pneumonia due to staphylococcus aureus. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with J15.21
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 J15.21
2 child codes. Green means billable.