J69.0✓ Billable
Pneumonitis due to inhalation of food and vomit
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
✗ Excludes 1(Not coded here)
- •chemical pneumonitis due to anesthesia (J95.4)
- •obstetric aspiration pneumonitis (O74.0)
Code Hierarchy
┌10Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)├J60-J70Lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70)├J69Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids
└J69.0Pneumonitis due to inhalation of food and vomit
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