Emergency: 119
AMDA-IMIC

J17 Pneumonia in diseases classified elsewhere

Billable

Block: Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18)

Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)

  • candidial pneumonia (B37.1)
  • chlamydial pneumonia (J16.0)
  • gonorrheal pneumonia (A54.84)
  • histoplasmosis pneumonia (B39.0-B39.2)
  • measles pneumonia (B05.2)
  • nocardiosis pneumonia (A43.0)
  • pneumocystosis (B59)
  • pneumonia due to Pneumocystis carinii (B59)
  • pneumonia due to Pneumocystis jirovecii (B59)
  • pneumonia in actinomycosis (A42.0)
  • pneumonia in anthrax (A22.1)
  • pneumonia in ascariasis (B77.81)
  • pneumonia in aspergillosis (B44.0-B44.1)
  • pneumonia in coccidioidomycosis (B38.0-B38.2)
  • pneumonia in cytomegalovirus disease (B25.0)
  • pneumonia in toxoplasmosis (B58.3)
  • rubella pneumonia (B06.81)
  • salmonella pneumonia (A02.22)
  • spirochetal infection NEC with pneumonia (A69.8)
  • tularemia pneumonia (A21.2)
  • typhoid fever with pneumonia (A01.03)
  • varicella pneumonia (B01.2)
  • whooping cough with pneumonia (A37 with fifth-character 1)

Code Also

  • , if applicable, any associated condition such as:
  • abscess (J85.1)
  • aspiration pneumonia (J69.-)

Code First

  • underlying disease, such as:
  • Q fever (A78)
  • rheumatic fever (I00)
  • schistosomiasis (B65.0-B65.9)
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This category is a complete, billable diagnosis code.

No additional specificity is required — submit J17 directly on claims and documentation without a subcode extension.

Last reviewed: September 2026