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Specific code 2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 770.12
Meconium aspiration with respiratory symptoms
  • Short description: MECONIUM ASP W RESP SYMP.
  • ICD-9-CM 770.12 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 770.12 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).
  • You are viewing the 2007 version of ICD-9-CM 770.12.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 770.12: 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 770.12 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM P24.01 Meconium aspiration with respiratory symptoms
Applies To
  • Meconium aspiration pneumonia
  • Meconium aspiration pneumonitis
  • Meconium aspiration syndrome NOS
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 770.12:
  • 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
    • 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
    • meconium aspiration 770.12
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) (see also Pneumonia) 486
    • meconium aspiration 770.12
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • aspiration, of newborn (massive) 770.18
      • meconium 770.12
    • meconium
      • aspiration 770.12
      • plug (newborn) NEC 777.1
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