J15.6

J15.6: Pneumonia due to other Gram-negative bacteria

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

J15.6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pneumonia due to other gram-negative bacteria. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above J15.6

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)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

The condition this code belongs to

Pneumonia ICD-10 codes

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead J15.6

2 child codes. Green means billable.

J15.61Pneumonia due to Acinetobacter baumannii
J15.69Pneumonia due to other Gram-negative bacteria

Other codes under J15

J15.0Pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae
J15.1Pneumonia due to Pseudomonas
J15.2Pneumonia due to staphylococcus
J15.3Pneumonia due to streptococcus, group B
J15.4Pneumonia due to other streptococci
J15.5Pneumonia due to Escherichia coli
J15.7Pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae
J15.8Pneumonia due to other specified bacteria
J15.9Unspecified bacterial pneumonia