P24.01 Meconium aspiration with respiratory symptoms

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Major Complication or Comorbidity (MCC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applicable to

• Meconium aspiration pneumonia
• Meconium aspiration pneumonitis
• Meconium aspiration syndrome NOS

Use additional code

• code to identify any secondary pulmonary hypertension, if applicable (I27.2-)

Applies from P24 Neonatal aspiration

Includes

• aspiration in utero and during delivery

Applies from P24.0 Meconium aspiration

Excludes1 (never code together)

• meconium passage (without aspiration) during delivery (P03.82 )
• meconium staining (P96.83 )

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 791 in MDC 15.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 770.12 Meconium aspiration with respiratory symptoms

Code annotations containing back-references to P24.01

Back-references to P24.01

• Type 1 Excludes: P03.82 Meconium passage during delivery ("meconium aspiration (P24.00, P24.01)")
• Type 1 Excludes: P96.83 Meconium staining ("meconium aspiration (P24.00, P24.01)")

Back-references to P24

• Type 2 Excludes: J12 Viral pneumonia, not elsewhere classified ("neonatal aspiration pneumonia (P24.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: J18 Pneumonia, unspecified organism ("neonatal aspiration pneumonia (P24.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: J69 Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids ("neonatal aspiration syndromes (P24.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: P23 Congenital pneumonia ("neonatal pneumonia resulting from aspiration (P24.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for P24.01

• Aspiration › meconium (newborn) (without respiratory symptoms) › with › pneumonitis (pneumonitis)
• Aspiration › meconium (newborn) (without respiratory symptoms) › with › respiratory symptoms
• Inhalation › meconium (newborn) › with › pneumonia (pneumonitis)
• Inhalation › meconium (newborn) › with › with respiratory symptoms
• Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved) › aspiration › newborn › meconium
• Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved) › meconium
• Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) › meconium
• Syndrome › aspiration, of newborn › meconium

Nearby codes

• P24 Neonatal aspiration
• P24.0 Meconium aspiration
• P24.00 Meconium aspiration without respiratory symptoms
• P24.01 Meconium aspiration with respiratory symptoms (this code)
• P24.1 Neonatal aspiration of (clear) amniotic fluid and mucus
• P24.10 Neonatal aspiration of (clear) amniotic fluid and mucus without respiratory symptoms
• P24.11 Neonatal aspiration of (clear) amniotic fluid and mucus with respiratory symptoms
• P24.2 Neonatal aspiration of blood
• P24.20 Neonatal aspiration of blood without respiratory symptoms