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J95.851 - Ventilator associated pneumonia


The ICD 10 Code for Ventilator associated pneumonia is listed as J95.851.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: J95.851
Description: Ventilator associated pneumonia
  • Ventilator associated pneumonitis
  • Use additional code to identify the organism, if known (B95.-, B96.-, B97.-)
  • Excludes1: ventilator lung in newborn (P27.8)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
205 - Other Respiratory System Diagnoses W Mcc
206 - Other Respiratory System Diagnoses W/o Mcc
793 - Full Term Neonate W Major Problems
Chapter Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
Block Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified (J95)
Parent J95.85 - Complication of respirator [ventilator]
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 997.31 - Ventilator associated pneumonia
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of J95.851:
J95.850 - Mechanical complication of respirator
J95.859 - Other complication of respirator [ventilator]