COVID Pneumonia ICD-10-CM Codes | 2023

Read this short guide to learn about COVID Pneumonia ICD codes you can use!

By Bernard Ramirez on Aug 8, 2025.

Fact Checked by RJ Gumban.

What COVID Pneumonia ICD-10 codes can I use?

If you’re looking for COVID Pneumonia ICD codes, only one code is meant for it, and it’s J12.82 - Pneumonia due to coronavirus disease 2019. This ICD-10 code can be used once it’s confirmed that a patient has pneumonia that COVID-19 caused.

This code is considered unacceptable as a principal diagnosis since the patient’s pneumonia results from an underlying condition. The principal diagnosis must be U07.1 - COVID-19. J12.82 can serve as a supporting ICD-10 code for it.

Is this lone COVID Pneumonia ICD-10 code billable?

Yes. This ICD-10 code for COVID Pneumonia, while unacceptable as a principal diagnosis, is valid in general and billable.

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Clinical Information About COVID Pneumonia:

Pneumonia is a potentially life-threatening respiratory problem characterized by the lungs' air sacs filled with fluids (sometimes pus). This results in the patient having trouble with breathing. It can also lead to other respiratory problems like Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), characterized by impaired lung function.

COVID-19 pneumonia is the same as pneumonia, but one that emerged due to COVID-19. A person with COVID-19 pneumonia will likely have the following symptoms:

Constant coughing
Difficulty breathing and shortness of breath
Fever

Depending on the severity of the COVID-19 pneumonia symptoms, they might require hospitalization and ventilators to help them breathe.

Synonyms Include:

COVID-19 pneumonia
Infection of lower respiratory tract caused by SARS-CoV-2
Pneumonia caused by Human coronavirus
Pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2
Pneumonia due to COVID-19
Pneumonia due to SARS-CoV-2
Covid pneumonia ICD 10
ICD 10 code for covid pneumonia
ICD 10 covid pneumonia
Covid 19 pneumonia ICD 10
Pneumonia due to covid ICD 10

Commonly asked questions

No. Not everyone who gets infected with COVID-19 suffers from COVID-19 Pneumonia. If they do, the severity might differ from another person with COVID-19 Pneumonia.

Everyone who gets infected with COVID-19 is at risk of having COVID-19 Pneumonia. Still, those with underlying conditions like asthma, heart disease, and diabetes are more at risk than those who don’t have underlying conditions.

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They will administer antiviral medications and antibiotics if the air sacs have pus. If the pneumonia is severe, they might confine the patient to the hospital and conduct oxygen therapy.

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