P24.31
Neonatal aspiration of milk and regurgitated food with respiratory symptoms
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 5 never code together
P00-P96chapter
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 7
P24.31code
Inclusion terms
- Neonatal aspiration of milk and regurgitated food with pneumonia
- Neonatal aspiration of milk and regurgitated food with pneumonitis
Use additional code
- code to identify any secondary pulmonary hypertension, if applicable (I27.2-)I27.2-
P24.3code
Inclusion terms
- Neonatal aspiration of stomach contents
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 2
- Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved) J18.9
- Aspiration
Alongside this code 1 same parent — P24.3
Medications 5
3 Respiratory Aspiration drugs 102 Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory drugs 1620 Signs and Symptoms drugs 363 Signs and Symptoms, Digestive drugs 692 Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities drugs
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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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.