770.12 MECONIUM ASP W RESP SYMP


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 770.12

Short Description: Meconium asp w resp symp

Long Description: Meconium aspiration with respiratory symptoms

Code Classification:

  • Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (760–779)
    • Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (764-779)
      • 770 Other respiratory conditions of fetus and newborn
        • 770.12 Meconium asp w resp symp

This code is valid for newborn diagnoses

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 770.12 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Aspiration
    • meconium 770.11
      • with
        • pneumonia 770.12
        • pneumonitis 770.12
        • respiratory symptoms 770.12
      • below vocal cords 770.11
        • with respiratory symptoms 770.12
    • pneumonia 507.0
      • fetus or newborn 770.18
        • meconium 770.12
    • pneumonitis 507.0
      • fetus or newborn 770.18
        • meconium 770.12
    • syndrome of newborn (massive) 770.18
      • meconium 770.12
  • Inhalation
    • meconium (fetus or newborn) 770.11
      • with respiratory symptoms 770.12
  • Insufflation
    • meconium 770.11
      • with respiratory symptoms 770.12
  • Meconium
    • aspiration 770.11
      • with
        • pneumonia 770.12
        • pneumonitis 770.12
        • respiratory symptoms 770.12
      • below vocal cords 770.11
        • with respiratory symptoms 770.12
      • syndrome 770.12
    • insufflation 770.11
      • with respiratory symptoms 770.12
  • Pneumonia (acute) (Alpenstich) (benign) (bilateral) (brain) (cerebral) (circumscribed) (congestive) (creeping) (delayed resolution) (double) (epidemic) (fever) (flash) (fulminant) (fungoid) (granulomatous) (hemorrhagic) (incipient) (infantile) (infectious) (infiltration) (insular) (intermittent) (latent) (lobe) (migratory) (newborn) (organized) (overwhelming) (primary) (progressive) (pseudolobar) (purulent) (resolved) (secondary) (senile) (septic) (suppurative) (terminal) (true) (unresolved) (vesicular) 486
    • aspiration 507.0
      • fetal 770.18
        • due to
          • meconium 770.12
      • newborn 770.18
        • due to
          • meconium 770.12
    • intrauterine (infective) 770.0
      • aspiration 770.18
        • meconium 770.12
    • meconium aspiration 770.12
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) (see also Pneumonia) 486
    • aspiration 507.0
      • fetal 770.18
        • due to
          • meconium 770.12
      • newborn 770.18
        • due to
          • meconium 770.12
    • fetal aspiration 770.18
      • due to
        • meconium 770.12
    • meconium aspiration 770.12
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • aspiration, of newborn (massive) 770.18
      • meconium 770.12
    • meconium
      • aspiration 770.12

Crosswalk Information

The code 770.12 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
770.12 Right Arrow P24.01 Meconium aspiration with respiratory symptoms
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
770.0 Congenital pneumonia
770.10 Fetal and newborn aspiration, unspecified
770.11 Meconium aspiration without respiratory symptoms
770.13 Aspiration of clear amniotic fluid without respiratory symptoms
770.14 Aspiration of clear amniotic fluid with respiratory symptoms
770.15 Aspiration of blood without respiratory symptoms
770.16 Aspiration of blood with respiratory symptoms
770.17 Other fetal and newborn aspiration without respiratory symptoms
770.18 Other fetal and newborn aspiration with respiratory symptoms
770.2 Interstitial emphysema and related conditions
770.3 Pulmonary hemorrhage
770.4 Primary atelectasis
770.5 Other and unspecified atelectasis
770.6 Transitory tachypnea of newborn
770.7 Chronic respiratory disease arising in the perinatal period
770.81 Primary apnea of newborn
770.82 Other apnea of newborn
770.83 Cyanotic attacks of newborn
770.84 Respiratory failure of newborn
770.85 Aspiration of postnatal stomach contents without respiratory symptoms
770.86 Aspiration of postnatal stomach contents with respiratory symptoms
770.87 Respiratory arrest of newborn
770.88 Hypoxemia of newborn
770.89 Other respiratory problems after birth
770.9 Unspecified respiratory condition of fetus and newborn


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