J69.0

Pneumonitis due to inhalation of food and vomit

Billable / specificHCC V28 282

J69.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Aspiration pneumonia NOS
  • Aspiration pneumonia (due to) food (regurgitated)
  • Aspiration pneumonia (due to) gastric secretions
  • Aspiration pneumonia (due to) milk
  • Aspiration pneumonia (due to) vomit

Includes (from J69)

  • Note: When a respiratory condition is described as occurring in more than one site and is not specifically indexed, it should be classified to the lower anatomic site (e.g. tracheobronchitis to bronchitis in J40).

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • chemical pneumonitis due to anesthesia (J95.4)
  • obstetric aspiration pneumonitis (O74.0)
  • neonatal aspiration syndromes (P24.-) (from J69)
  • postprocedural pneumonitis (J95.4) (from J69)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from J69)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from J69)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from J69)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from J69)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from J69)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from J69)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from J69)
  • smoke inhalation (T59.81-) (from J69)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from J69)
  • asthma (J45.-) (from J69)
  • malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.-) (from J69)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code, where applicable, to identify: (from J69)
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from J69)
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) (from J69)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from J69)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from J69)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from J69)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0) (from J69)

Code also

An additional code may be needed.

  • any associated foreign body in respiratory tract (T17.-)
  • , if applicable, other types of pneumonias, such as: (from J69)
  • bacterial pneumonia (J13-J15.-) (from J69)
  • viral pneumonia (J12.-) (from J69)

Also known as

  • Aspiration pneumonia NOS
  • Aspiration pneumonia (due to) food (regurgitated)
  • Aspiration pneumonia (due to) gastric secretions
  • Aspiration pneumonia (due to) milk
  • Aspiration pneumonia (due to) vomit
  • Aspiration, bronchitis
  • Aspiration, pneumonia
  • Aspiration, pneumonitis
  • Bronchitis, aspiration
  • Deglutition, pneumonia
  • Injury, intrathoracic, lung, aspiration
  • Injury, lung, aspiration
  • Pneumonia, aspiration
  • Pneumonia, aspiration, due to food
  • Pneumonia, aspiration, due to gastric secretions
  • Pneumonia, aspiration, due to milk
  • Pneumonia, aspiration, due to vomitus
  • Pneumonitis, aspiration
  • Pneumonitis, due to food, vomit
  • Pneumonitis, due to inhalation, food, milk, vomit

Parent code

  • J69Pneumonitis due to solids and liquidsHeader

Related codes

  • J69.1Pneumonitis due to inhalation of oils and essencesBillable
  • J69.8Pneumonitis due to inhalation of other solids and liquidsBillable

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