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J69.0

Pneumonitis due to inhalation of food and vomit

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 15 never code together
J69.0code
Excludes1
  • chemical pneumonitis due to anesthesia (J95.4)J95.4J95.4
  • obstetric aspiration pneumonitis (O74.0)O74.0O74.0
J69code
Excludes1
  • neonatal aspiration syndromes (P24.-)P24.-
  • postprocedural pneumonitis (J95.4)J95.4
J60-J70block
Excludes2
  • asthma (J45.-)J45.-
  • malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.-)C34.-
J00-J99chapter
Excludes2
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
  • smoke inhalation (T59.81-)T59.81-
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 15
J69code
Inclusion terms
  • Codes also, if applicable, other types of pneumonias
J69.0code
Inclusion terms
  • Aspiration pneumonia NOS
  • Aspiration pneumonia (due to) food (regurgitated)
  • Aspiration pneumonia (due to) gastric secretions
  • Aspiration pneumonia (due to) milk
  • Aspiration pneumonia (due to) vomit
Code also
  • any associated foreign body in respiratory tract (T17.-)T17.-T17.-
J00-J99chapter
Notes
  • When a respiratory condition is described as occurring in more than one site and is not specifically indexed, it should be classified to the lower anatomic site (e.g. tracheobronchitis to bronchitis in J40).J40
Use additional code
  • code, where applicable, to identify:
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)Z77.22
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)P96.81
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)Z87.891
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)Z57.31
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-)F17.-
  • tobacco use (Z72.0)Z72.0
Index entries leading here 6
  • Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved) J18.9
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) J98.4
    • aspiration J69.0
    • due to
      • food, vomit (aspiration) J69.0
      • inhalation
        • food (regurgitated) , milk, vomit J69.0
        • saliva J69.0
  • Injury T14.90
    • intrathoracic S27.9
    • lung — see also Injury, intrathoracic, lung
  • Aspiration
  • Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous) J40
    • aspiration (due to food and vomit) J69.0
  • Deglutition
Alongside this code 2 same parent — J69
Additional references
AHA Coding Clinic® Licence required

Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Risk adjustment

CMS22HCC114 CMS28HCC282 ESRD21HCC114 ESRD24HCC114

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
J69
Block
J60-J70
Siblings
2

Present FY2024–FY2027.