J69.0

Pneumonitis due to inhalation of food and vomit

Risk-adjusting (HCC)Billable code

HCC risk adjustment mapping

CMS-HCC V28

HCC282

Aspiration and Specified Bacterial Pneumonias

CMS-HCC ESRD V24

HCC114

Aspiration and Specified Bacterial Pneumonias

Coding notes

Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist

This code · J69.0
Excludes 1

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

Code also

any associated foreign body in respiratory tract (T17.-)

Synonyms

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

Inherited from J69Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids
Excludes 1

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

Synonyms

Codes also, if applicable, other types of pneumonias

Inherited from J60-J70Lung diseases due to external agents
Excludes 2

asthma (J45.-) malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.-)

Inherited from chapter 10Diseases of the respiratory system
Excludes 2

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) neoplasms (C00-D49) smoke inhalation (T59.81-) symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Use additional

code, where applicable, to identify: exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) tobacco dependence (F17.-) tobacco use (Z72.0)

Note

When a respiratory condition is described as occurring in more than one site and is not specifically indexed, it should be classified to the lower anatomic site (e.g. tracheobronchitis to bronchitis in J40).

Official Guidelines for J69.0

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