Meconium aspiration with respiratory symptoms
Billable / specific
P24.01 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
- Meconium aspiration pneumonia
- Meconium aspiration pneumonitis
- Meconium aspiration syndrome NOS
Includes (from P24)
- conditions that have their origin in the fetal or perinatal period (before birth through the first 28 days after birth) even if morbidity occurs later
- aspiration in utero and during delivery
- Note: Codes from this chapter are for use on newborn records only, never on maternal records
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from P24)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from P24)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from P24)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from P24)
- tetanus neonatorum (A33) (from P24)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- code to identify any secondary pulmonary hypertension, if applicable (I27.2-)
Also known as
- Meconium aspiration pneumonia
- Meconium aspiration pneumonitis
- Meconium aspiration syndrome NOS
- Aspiration, meconium, with pneumonitis
- Aspiration, meconium, with respiratory symptoms
- Inhalation, meconium, with pneumonia
- Inhalation, meconium, with with respiratory symptoms
- Pneumonia, aspiration, newborn, meconium
- Pneumonia, meconium
- Pneumonitis, meconium
- Syndrome, aspiration, of newborn, meconium
Parent code
- P24.0Meconium aspirationHeader
Related codes
- P24.00Meconium aspiration without respiratory symptomsBillable