Meconium aspiration

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 2 more specific codes instead:

P24.00 Meconium aspiration without respiratory symptoms
P24.01 Meconium aspiration with respiratory symptoms

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Meconium aspiration

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.

Inherited from P24 Neonatal aspiration

Includes

aspiration in utero and during delivery

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
P24.1	Neonatal aspiration of (clear) amniotic fluid and mucus	Not billable
P24.2	Neonatal aspiration of blood	Not billable
P24.3	Neonatal aspiration of milk and regurgitated food	Not billable
P24.8	Other neonatal aspiration	Not billable
P24.9	Neonatal aspiration, unspecified	Valid