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Category · FY2027

J69 Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids

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J69 is not billable. The category heads 3 billable codes in FY2027: the 3 codes directly below it.

ICD-10 code by name

What is the ICD-10 code for aspiration pneumonia?
Aspiration pneumonia ICD-10 code: J69.0 Pneumonitis due to inhalation of food and vomit. Alphabetic Index: Aspirationpneumonia → J69.0. Search ICD-10 for aspiration pneumonia

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 10 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
  2. J60-J70 Lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70)
  3. J69 Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids
Billable codes
3
Subdivisions
3
CC / MCC codes
0 / 3
HCC V28 codes
3
New FY2027
0
Index entries
31

Codes in J69

  1. J69.0
    Pneumonitis due to inhalation of food and vomit
    BillableMCC282
    Inclusion terms 5, Excludes1 2, Code also 1

    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

    Excludes1

    • chemical pneumonitis due to anesthesia (J95.4) J95.4
    • obstetric aspiration pneumonitis (O74.0) O74.0

    Code also

    • any associated foreign body in respiratory tract (T17.-) T17
  2. J69.1
    Pneumonitis due to inhalation of oils and essences
    BillableMCC282
    Inclusion terms 2, Excludes1 1, Code first 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Exogenous lipoid pneumonia
    • Lipid pneumonia NOS

    Excludes1

    • endogenous lipoid pneumonia (J84.89) J84.89

    Code first

    • (T51-T65) to identify substance T51 T65
  3. J69.8
    Pneumonitis due to inhalation of other solids and liquids
    BillableMCC282
    Inclusion terms 2, Code first 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Pneumonitis due to aspiration of blood
    • Pneumonitis due to aspiration of detergent

    Code first

    • (T51-T65) to identify substance T51 T65

CC/MCC: as a secondary diagnosis, unless the principal diagnosis is on the code’s PDX exclusion list (MS-DRG v44 Appendix C; list on the code card).

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At J69

Excludes1

  • neonatal aspiration syndromes (P24.-) P24
  • postprocedural pneumonitis (J95.4) J95.4

Code also

  • , if applicable, other types of pneumonias, such as:
  • bacterial pneumonia (J13-J15.-) J13 J15
  • viral pneumonia (J12.-) J12

Notes that also apply

Block J60-J70 instructions (Excludes2 2): printed on the block page.

Chapter 10 instructions (Notes 1, Excludes2 9, Use additional code 7): printed on the chapter 10 page.

Index entries

  • Detergent asthma → J69.8
  • Aspirationbronchitis → J69.0
  • Aspirationpneumonia → J69.0
  • Aspirationpneumonitis → J69.0
  • Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous)aspiration (due to food and vomit) → J69.0
  • Deglutitionpneumonia → J69.0
  • Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved)aspiration → J69.0
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary)aspiration → J69.0
  • Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved)lipid, lipoid (exogenous) → J69.1
  • Asthma, asthmatic (bronchial) (catarrh) (spasmodic)detergent → J69.8
  • Injurylungaspiration → J69.0
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary)due tofood, vomit (aspiration) → J69.0
  • Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved)broncho-, bronchial (confluent) (croupous) (diffuse) (disseminated) (hemorrhagic) (involving lobes) (lobar) (terminal)lipid, lipoid → J69.1
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary)due tooils, essences → J69.1
  • Asthma, asthmatic (bronchial) (catarrh) (spasmodic)due todetergent → J69.8
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary)due todetergent → J69.8
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary)due tosolids, liquids NEC → J69.8
  • Injuryintrathoraciclungaspiration → J69.0
  • Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved)aspirationdue tofood (regurgitated) → J69.0
  • Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved)aspirationdue togastric secretions → J69.0
  • Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved)aspirationdue tomilk (regurgitated) → J69.0
  • Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved)aspirationdue tovomitus → J69.0
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary)due toinhalationfood (regurgitated), milk, vomit → J69.0
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary)due toinhalationsaliva → J69.0
  • Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved)aspirationdue tooils, essences → J69.1
  • Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved)broncho-, bronchial (confluent) (croupous) (diffuse) (disseminated) (hemorrhagic) (involving lobes) (lobar) (terminal)inhalationof oils or essences → J69.1
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary)due toinhalationessences → J69.1
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary)due toinhalationoils, essences → J69.1
  • Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved)aspirationdue tosolids, liquids NEC → J69.8
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary)due toinhalationblood → J69.8
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary)due toinhalationsolids, liquids NEC → J69.8

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