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.
Risk adjustment
J15.6 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.
Code to one of these instead J15.6
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share J15. If J15.6 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- 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
Questions about J15.6
- Is J15.6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. J15.6 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does J15.6 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99), in the block Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18).