P22
P22: Respiratory distress of newborn
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
P22 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for respiratory distress of newborn. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with P22
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- J80Acute respiratory distress syndrome
- J96Respiratory failure, not elsewhere classified
- P28.11Resorption atelectasis without respiratory distress syndrome
- R06Abnormalities of breathing
- R06.0Dyspnea
- R06.82Tachypnea, not elsewhere classified
- R09Other symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory system
- R09.2Respiratory arrest
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead P22
4 child codes. Green means billable.