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P24

P24: Neonatal aspiration

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

P24 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for neonatal aspiration. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Includes

Conditions this code covers.

  • aspiration in utero and during delivery

Other codes that can never be billed with P24

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

  • J18Pneumonia, unspecified organism
  • J69Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids
  • P03.82Meconium passage during delivery
  • P23Congenital pneumonia
  • P96.83Meconium staining

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 P24

6 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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