P23.6 Congenital pneumonia due to other bacterial agents

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

Applicable to

• Congenital pneumonia due to Hemophilus influenzae
• Congenital pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae
• Congenital pneumonia due to Mycoplasma
• Congenital pneumonia due to Streptococcus, except group B

Use additional code

• code (B95-B96) to identify organism

Applies from P23 Congenital pneumonia

Includes

• infective pneumonia acquired in utero or during birth

Excludes1 (never code together)

• neonatal pneumonia resulting from aspiration (P24.-)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 791 in MDC 15.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 770.0 Congenital pneumonia (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to P23.6

Back-references to P23.6

• Type 1 Excludes: J13 Pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae ("congenital pneumonia due to S. pneumoniae (P23.6)")
• Type 1 Excludes: J14 Pneumonia due to Hemophilus influenzae ("congenital pneumonia due to H. influenzae (P23.6)")

Back-references to P23

• Type 1 Excludes: J15 Bacterial pneumonia, not elsewhere classified ("congenital pneumonia (P23.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: J16 Pneumonia due to other infectious organisms, not elsewhere classified ("congenital pneumonia (P23.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for P23.6

• Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved) › congenital (infective) › due to › bacterium NEC
• Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved) › congenital (infective) › due to › Haemophilus influenzae
• Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved) › congenital (infective) › due to › Klebsiella pneumoniae
• Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved) › congenital (infective) › due to › Mycoplasma
• Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved) › congenital (infective) › due to › Streptococcus (except group B)

Nearby codes

• P23.1 Congenital pneumonia due to Chlamydia
• P23.2 Congenital pneumonia due to staphylococcus
• P23.3 Congenital pneumonia due to streptococcus, group B
• P23.4 Congenital pneumonia due to Escherichia coli
• P23.5 Congenital pneumonia due to Pseudomonas
• P23.6 Congenital pneumonia due to other bacterial agents (this code)
• P23.8 Congenital pneumonia due to other organisms
• P23.9 Congenital pneumonia, unspecified