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ICD-10-CM Code for Pneumonitis due to inhalation of food and vomit J69.0

ICD-10 code J69.0 for Pneumonitis due to inhalation of food and vomit is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the respiratory system .

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Pneumonitis due to inhalation of food and vomit
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
Code also any associated foreign body in respiratory tract (T17.-)
Excludes1: chemical pneumonitis due to anesthesia (J95.4)
obstetric aspiration pneumonitis (O74.0)

J69

Excludes1: neonatal aspiration syndromes (P24.-)
postprocedural pneumonitis (J95.4)

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ICD-10 Code on final dictated report
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