P24.80
P24.80: Other neonatal aspiration without respiratory symptoms
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
P24.80 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other neonatal aspiration without respiratory symptoms. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check P24.80 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Neonatal aspiration NEC
Other codes that can never be billed with P24.80
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
P24.80 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56717Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy (Respiratory Care)
- A57224Billing and Coding: Respiratory Care
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Aspiration›vernix caseosa(newborn)
- Aspiration›neonatal›specific NEC(without respiratory symptoms)
- Aspiration›newborn›specific NEC(without respiratory symptoms)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.