O74.0

O74.0: Aspiration pneumonitis due to anesthesia during labor and delivery

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O74.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for aspiration pneumonitis due to anesthesia during labor and delivery. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Inhalation of stomach contents or secretions NOS due to anesthesia during labor and delivery
Mendelson's syndrome due to anesthesia during labor and delivery

Other codes that can never be billed with O74.0

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

J69.0Pneumonitis due to inhalation of food and vomit
J95.4Chemical pneumonitis due to anesthesia
T41Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of anesthetics and therapeutic gases
T88.2Shock due to anesthesia
T88.2XXAShock due to anesthesia, initial encounter
T88.2XXDShock due to anesthesia, subsequent encounter
T88.2XXSShock due to anesthesia, sequela

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

O74.0 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56717Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy (Respiratory Care)
A57224Billing and Coding: Respiratory Care

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Mendelson's syndrome›in labor and delivery
Mendelson's syndrome›obstetric
Syndrome›acid pulmonary aspiration, obstetric
Syndrome›Mendelson's
Pneumonitis›aspiration›obstetric
Pneumonitis›postanesthetic›in labor and delivery
Pneumonitis›postanesthetic›obstetric
Pneumonitis›postoperative›obstetric
Inhalation›stomach contents or secretions›due to anesthesia or other sedation›in labor and delivery
Pneumonitis›aspiration›due to›anesthesia›during›labor and delivery

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.