A54.84 Gonococcal pneumonia

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

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) 867-869 in MDC 18.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 098.89 Gonococcal infection of other specified sites (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to A54.84

Back-references to A54.84

• Type 1 Excludes: J17 Pneumonia in diseases classified elsewhere ("gonorrheal pneumonia (A54.84)")

Back-references to A54

• Type 2 Excludes: N34 Urethritis and urethral syndrome ("urethritis in diseases with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)")

Diagnosis Index entries for A54.84

• Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved) › gonococcal
• Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved) › in (due to) › gonorrhea

Nearby codes

• A54.6 Gonococcal infection of anus and rectum
• A54.8 Other gonococcal infections
• A54.81 Gonococcal meningitis
• A54.82 Gonococcal brain abscess
• A54.83 Gonococcal heart infection
• A54.84 Gonococcal pneumonia (this code)
• A54.85 Gonococcal peritonitis
• A54.86 Gonococcal sepsis
• A54.89 Other gonococcal infections
• A54.9 Gonococcal infection, unspecified