A21.2 Pulmonary tularemia

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applies from A21 Tularemia

Includes

• deer-fly fever
• infection due to Francisella tularensis
• rabbit fever

Risk adjustment (HCC)

• CMS-HCC V22: HCC 115 — Pneumococcal Pneumonia, Empyema, Lung Abscess
• ESRD V24: HCC 115

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 177-179 in MDC 04.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 021.2 Pulmonary tularemia

Code annotations containing back-references to A21.2

Back-references to A21.2

• Type 1 Excludes: J17 Pneumonia in diseases classified elsewhere ("tularemia pneumonia (A21.2)")

Diagnosis Index entries for A21.2

• Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved) › in (due to) › tularemia
• Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved) › tularemic
• Tularemia › with › pneumonia
• Tularemia › bronchopneumonic
• Tularemia › pneumonia (any), pneumonic
• Tularemia › pulmonary

Nearby codes

• A21 Tularemia
• A21.0 Ulceroglandular tularemia
• A21.1 Oculoglandular tularemia
• A21.2 Pulmonary tularemia (this code)
• A21.3 Gastrointestinal tularemia
• A21.7 Generalized tularemia
• A21.8 Other forms of tularemia
• A21.9 Tularemia, unspecified