P24.21 — Neonatal aspiration of blood with respiratory symptoms
P24.21 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for neonatal aspiration of blood with respiratory symptoms. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
- code to identify any secondary pulmonary hypertension, if applicable (I27.2-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Neonatal aspiration of blood with pneumonia
- Neonatal aspiration of blood with pneumonitis
Risk adjustment
P24.21 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
P24.21 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies — 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56717Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy (Respiratory Care)
- A57224Billing and Coding: Respiratory Care
How P24.21 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to P24.21.
- Pneumonia›aspiration›newborn›blood
- Aspiration›blood›newborn›with›pneumonia(pneumonitis)
- Aspiration›blood›newborn›with›respiratory symptoms
Related codes at this level
Codes that share P24.2. If P24.21 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about P24.21
- Is P24.21 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. P24.21 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does P24.21 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96), in the block Respiratory and cardiovascular disorders specific to the perinatal period (P19-P29).