J12.81

Applicable To

• Severe acute respiratory syndrome NOS

Approximate Synonyms

• Pneumonia due to sars

• Pneumonia due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus

• Sars severe acute respiratory distress syndrome)

• Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Clinical Information

• A viral disorder characterized by high fever, dry cough, shortness of breath dyspnea) or breathing difficulties, and atypical pneumonia. A virus in the genus coronavirus is the suspected agent.

• A viral respiratory infection caused by the sars coronavirus. It is transmitted through close person-to-person contact. It is manifested with high fever, headache, dry cough and myalgias. It may progress to pneumonia and cause death.

• Severe acute respiratory syndrome sars) is a respiratory illness caused by a virus. Sars was first reported in Asia in 2003. It spread worldwide over several months before the outbreak ended.sars can be life-threatening. Symptoms include

• Viral disorder characterized by high fever, dry cough, shortness of breath dyspnea) or breathing difficulties, and atypical pneumonia, a virus in the genus cornonavirus is the suspected causative agent.

Details

• J12.81 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM J12.81 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of J12.81 – other international versions of ICD-10 J12.81 may differ.