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P22.1

P22.1: Transient tachypnea of newborn

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P22.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for transient tachypnea of newborn. 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.

  • Idiopathic tachypnea of newborn
  • Respiratory distress syndrome, type II
  • Wet lung syndrome

Other codes that can never be billed with P22.1

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

  • R06Abnormalities of breathing
  • R06.0Dyspnea
  • R06.82Tachypnea, not elsewhere classified
  • T71Asphyxiation

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • IRDS›type II
  • RDS›type II
  • Tachypnea›newborn(idiopathic) (transitory)
  • Tachypnea›transitory, of newborn
  • Wet›lung, newborn(syndrome)
  • Respiratory›distress syndrome›type II
  • Syndrome›wet›lung, newborn
  • Syndrome›respiratory›distress›newborn›type II

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under P22

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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