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P24.2

P24.2: Neonatal aspiration of blood

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

P24.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for neonatal aspiration of blood. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Other codes that can never be billed with P24.2

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

  • J18Pneumonia, unspecified organism
  • J69Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids
  • P23Congenital pneumonia

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 P24.2

2 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under P24

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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