P24.0Non-billable (header)

Meconium aspiration

✗ Excludes 1(Not coded here)

  • •meconium passage (without aspiration) during delivery (P03.82 )
  • •meconium staining (P96.83 )

Code Hierarchy

┌16Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)├P19-P29Respiratory and cardiovascular disorders specific to the perinatal period (P19-P29)├P24Neonatal aspiration
└P24.0Meconium aspiration

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