P22.1 Transient tachypnea of newborn

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

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

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 794 in MDC 15.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 770.6 Transitory tachypnea of newborn

Code annotations containing back-references to P22.1

Back-references to P22.1

• Type 2 Excludes: P27 Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period ("respiratory distress of newborn (P22.0-P22.9)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R06.0 Dyspnea ("transient tachypnea of newborn (P22.1)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R06.82 Tachypnea, not elsewhere classified ("transitory tachypnea of newborn (P22.1)")

Back-references to P22

• Type 1 Excludes: R06 Abnormalities of breathing ("respiratory distress syndrome of newborn (P22.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: T71 Asphyxiation ("respiratory distress (syndrome) in newborn (P22.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for P22.1

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

Nearby codes

• P22 Respiratory distress of newborn
• P22.0 Respiratory distress syndrome of newborn
• P22.1 Transient tachypnea of newborn (this code)
• P22.8 Other respiratory distress of newborn
• P22.9 Respiratory distress of newborn, unspecified