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P22.0

Respiratory distress syndrome of newborn

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 7 never code together
P22.0code
Excludes2
P00-P96chapter
Excludes2
  • 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
  • tetanus neonatorum (A33)A33

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

Instructional notes 7
P22.0code
Inclusion terms
  • Cardiorespiratory distress syndrome of newborn
  • Hyaline membrane disease
  • Idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome [IRDS or RDS] of newborn
  • Pulmonary hypoperfusion syndrome
  • Respiratory distress syndrome, type I
P00-P96chapter
Notes
  • Codes from this chapter are for use on newborn records only, never on maternal records
Includes
  • conditions that have their origin in the fetal or perinatal period (before birth through the first 28 days after birth) even if morbidity occurs later
Index entries leading here 6
  • Syndrome — see also Disease
    • cardiorespiratory distress (idiopathic) , newborn P22.0
    • idiopathic
      • cardiorespiratory distress, newborn P22.0
    • respiratory
      • distress
        • newborn (idiopathic) (type I) P22.0
    • pulmonary
      • hypoperfusion (idiopathic) P22.0
    • IRDS (idiopathic respiratory distress, newborn) P22.0
    • RDS (respiratory distress syndrome, newborn) P22.0
  • Disease, diseased — see also Syndrome
    • hyaline (diffuse) (generalized)
      • membrane (lung) (newborn) P22.0
  • Respiratory — see also condition
    • distress syndrome (newborn) (type I) P22.0
  • Hyaline membrane (disease) (lung) (pulmonary) (newborn) P22.0
  • IRDS (type I) P22.0
  • RDS (newborn) (type I) P22.0
Alongside this code 3 same parent — P22
Medications 2

MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.

Additional references
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Risk adjustment

CMS28HCC213

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
P22
Block
P19-P29
Siblings
3

Present FY2024–FY2027.