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P24.0

Meconium aspiration

Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 7 never code together
P24.0code
Excludes1
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

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 3
P24code
Includes
  • aspiration in utero and during delivery
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 filed at null

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Alongside this code 5 same parent — P24
P24.1 Neonatal aspiration of (clear) amniotic fluid and mucus category P24.2 Neonatal aspiration of blood category P24.3 Neonatal aspiration of milk and regurgitated food category P24.8 Other neonatal aspiration category P24.9 Neonatal aspiration, unspecified
Subordinate codes 2
P24.00 Meconium aspiration without respiratory symptoms P24.01 Meconium aspiration with respiratory symptoms
Additional references
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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable
no
Code set
FY2026
Parent
P24
Block
P19-P29
Siblings
5
Subordinate
2

Present FY2024–FY2027.