P24.21 Neonatal aspiration of blood with respiratory symptoms

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

Applicable to

• Neonatal aspiration of blood with pneumonia
• Neonatal aspiration of blood with pneumonitis

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

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 770.16 Aspiration of blood with respiratory symptoms

Code annotations containing back-references to P24.21

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 P24.21

• Aspiration › blood › newborn (without respiratory symptoms) › with › pneumonia (pneumonitis)
• Aspiration › blood › newborn (without respiratory symptoms) › with › respiratory symptoms
• Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved) › aspiration › newborn › blood

Nearby codes

• 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
• P24.21 Neonatal aspiration of blood with respiratory symptoms (this code)
• P24.3 Neonatal aspiration of milk and regurgitated food
• P24.30 Neonatal aspiration of milk and regurgitated food without respiratory symptoms
• P24.31 Neonatal aspiration of milk and regurgitated food with respiratory symptoms
• P24.8 Other neonatal aspiration
• P24.80 Other neonatal aspiration without respiratory symptoms