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P24

Neonatal aspiration

Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 5 never code together
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 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
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Subordinate codes 6
P24.0 Meconium aspiration P24.1 Neonatal aspiration of (clear) amniotic fluid and mucus P24.2 Neonatal aspiration of blood P24.3 Neonatal aspiration of milk and regurgitated food P24.8 Other neonatal aspiration P24.9 Neonatal aspiration, unspecified
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This code

Billable
no
Code set
FY2026
Block
P19-P29
Subordinate
6

Present FY2024–FY2027.