J69.0
Pneumonitis due to inhalation of food and vomit
HCC risk adjustment mapping
CMS-HCC V28
Aspiration and Specified Bacterial Pneumonias
CMS-HCC ESRD V24
Aspiration and Specified Bacterial Pneumonias
Coding notes
Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist
any associated foreign body in respiratory tract (T17.-)
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
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)
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)
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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16 index paths lead to this code
- Aspiration › bronchitis
- Aspiration › pneumonia
- Aspiration › pneumonitis
- Bronchitis › aspiration
- Deglutition › pneumonia
- Pneumonia › aspiration
- Pneumonitis › aspiration
- Injury › lung › aspiration
- Pneumonitis › due to › food, vomit
- Injury › intrathoracic › lung › aspiration
- Pneumonia › aspiration › due to › food
- Pneumonia › aspiration › due to › gastric secretions
- Pneumonia › aspiration › due to › milk
- Pneumonia › aspiration › due to › vomitus
- Pneumonitis › due to › inhalation › food, milk, vomit
- Pneumonitis › due to › inhalation › saliva