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J69

Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • J69.0 Pneumonitis due to inhalation of food and vomit
  • J69.1 Pneumonitis due to inhalation of oils and essences
  • J69.8 Pneumonitis due to inhalation of other solids and liquids

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • neonatal aspiration syndromes (P24.-)
  • postprocedural pneumonitis (J95.4)

Code also

  • , if applicable, other types of pneumonias, such as:
  • bacterial pneumonia (J13-J15.-)
  • viral pneumonia (J12.-)

Inherited from the J60-J70 section Lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • asthma (J45.-)
  • malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.-)