Specific code 2011 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 770.86
Aspiration of postnatal stomach contents with respiratory symptoms
  • Short description: Stomach cont asp w resp.
  • ICD-9-CM 770.86 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 770.86 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
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Convert to ICD-10-CM: 770.86 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM P24.31 Neonatal aspiration of milk and regurgitated food with respiratory symptoms
Applies To
  • Aspiration of postnatal stomach contents with pneumonia
  • Aspiration of postnatal stomach contents with pneumonitis
Use Additional
  • Use additional code to identify any secondary pulmonary hypertension (416.8), if applicable
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 770.86:
  • Aspiration
    • postnatal stomach contents 770.85
      • with
        • pneumonia 770.86
        • pneumonitis 770.86
        • respiratory symptoms 770.86
  • 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
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) (see also Pneumonia) 486
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