515Postinflammatory pulmonary fibrosis
- Legacy / Not Valid for Submission
- Replaced October 1, 2015
515 is a legacy ICD-9-CM diagnosis code for postinflammatory pulmonary fibrosis. It was valid on U.S. claims through September 30, 2015 and cannot be reported for services on or after October 1, 2015, when ICD-10-CM replaced the ICD-9 code set. Under the CMS General Equivalence Mappings, it maps to 2 ICD-10-CM candidates: J84.10 and J84.89.
Code Identity
Convert 515 to ICD-10-CM
Based on the final CMS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs), 515 crosswalks to the following ICD-10-CM codes. When more than one candidate is listed, pick the code the documentation supports.
Index of Diseases References
Entries in the final ICD-9-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that point to 515. Tap the icons for the official index conventions.
- Cirrhosis cirrhotic 571.5
- lung chronic SEE ALSO Fibrosis lung 515
- pulmonary SEE ALSO Fibrosis lung 515
- Disease diseased SEE ALSO Syndrome
- Fibroid tumor M8890 0 SEE ALSO Neoplasm conNEC tive tissue benign
- disease lung chronic SEE ALSO Fibrosis lung 515
- induration lung chronic SEE ALSO Fibrosis lung 515
- lung SEE ALSO Fibrosis lung 515
- pneumonia chronic SEE ALSO Fibrosis lung 515
- Fibrosis fibrotic
- capillary SEE ALSO Arteriosclerosis
- lung chronic SEE ALSO Fibrosis lung 515
- lung atrophic capillary chronic confluent massive perialveolar peribronchial 515
- with
- anthracosilicosis occupational 500
- anthracosis occupational 500
- asbestosis occupational 501
- bagassosis occupational 495.1
- bauxite 503
- berylliosis occupational 503
- byssinosis occupational 504
- calcicosis occupational 502
- chalicosis occupational 502
- dust reticulation occupational 504
- farmers lung 495.0
- gannister disease occupational 502
- graphite 503
- pneumonoconiosis occupational 505
- pneumosiderosis occupational 503
- siderosis occupational 503
- silicosis occupational 502
- tuberculosis SEE ALSO Tuberculosis 011.4
- diffuse idiopathic interstitial 516.31
- due to
- bauxite 503
- fumes or vapors chemical inhalation 506.4
- graphite 503
- following radiation 508.1
- postinflammatory 515
- silicotic massive occupational 502
- tuberculous SEE ALSO Tuberculosis 011.4
- with
- capillary SEE ALSO Arteriosclerosis
- Hepatization lung acute SEE ALSO Pneumonia lobar
- chronic SEE ALSO Fibrosis lung 515
- Induration indurated
- Pleuropneumonia acute bilateral double septic SEE ALSO Pneumonia 486
- chronic SEE ALSO Fibrosis lung 515
- Pneumonia acute Alpenstich benign bilateral brain cerebral circumscribed congestive creeping delayed resolution double epidemic fever flash fulminant fungoid granulomatous hemorrhagic incipient infantile infectious infiltration insular intermittent latent lobe migratory newborn organized overwhelming primary progressive pseudolobar purulent resolved secondary senile septic suppurative terminal true unresolved vesicular 486
- broncho bronchial confluent croupous diffuse disseminated hemorrhagic involving lobes lobar terminal 485
- chronic SEE ALSO Fibrosis lung 515
- chronic SEE ALSO Fibrosis lung 515
- cirrhotic chronic SEE ALSO Fibrosis lung 515
- fibroid chronic SEE ALSO Fibrosis lung 515
- fibrous SEE ALSO Fibrosis lung 515
- interstitial 516.8
- chronic SEE ALSO Fibrosis lung 515
- lobar diplococcal disseminated double interstitial pneumococcal any type 481
- chronic SEE ALSO Fibrosis lung 515
- parenchymatous SEE ALSO Fibrosis lung 515
- broncho bronchial confluent croupous diffuse disseminated hemorrhagic involving lobes lobar terminal 485
- Pneumonitis acute primary SEE ALSO Pneumonia 486
- chronic SEE ALSO Fibrosis lung 515
Information for Patients
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Pulmonary fibrosis is a condition in which the tissue deep in your lungs becomes scarred over time. This tissue gets thick and stiff. That makes it hard for you to catch your breath, and your blood may not get enough oxygen.
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Questions About 515
Is 515 (postinflammatory pulmonary fibrosis) still a valid code?
No. This code belonged to ICD-9-CM, which the United States retired after September 30, 2015. Claims with dates of service on or after October 1, 2015 must use ICD-10-CM codes, such as J84.10 and J84.89.
What is the ICD-10 replacement for 515?
The General Equivalence Mappings list 2 ICD-10-CM candidates for this code: J84.10 (Pulmonary fibrosis, unspecified) and J84.89 (Other specified interstitial pulmonary diseases). Each match is approximate, so the right choice depends on what the documentation supports.
What did 515 mean?
In the final ICD-9-CM release, this code described postinflammatory pulmonary fibrosis. It sat in block 515 Postinflammatory pulmonary fibrosis under Diseases of the respiratory system (460–519).
Why does 515 map to more than one ICD-10 code?
ICD-10-CM is more specific than ICD-9-CM. The detail packed into this single legacy code was split across J84.10 and J84.89, so the General Equivalence Mappings list every candidate rather than forcing one. The correct target is the one the documentation supports.
