All ICD10 Codes

J69

Non-Billable
ChapterJ00–J99
Rankcategory
Official Description

Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids

Metadata & Insights
  • •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • •Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • •Chapter 10: Diseases of the Respiratory System (J00-J99).

CH10 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • smoke inhalation (T59.81-)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Use Additional Code
  • code, where applicable, to identify:
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0)

J60-J70 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here)
  • asthma (J45.-)
  • malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.-)

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • Codes also, if applicable, other types of pneumonias
Excludes1(Not coded here)
  • neonatal aspiration syndromes (P24.-)
  • postprocedural pneumonitis (J95.4)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH10Diseases 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
J69.1Pneumonitis due to inhalation of oils and essences
J69.8Pneumonitis due to inhalation of other solids and liquids

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to J69:

blockJ60-J70
Lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70)
View context instructions
chapterCH10
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
View context instructions

Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to J69. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

25 raw paths
Aspiration3 unique routes
bronchitis→J69
pneumonia→J69
pneumonitis→J69
Asthma, asthmatic (bronchial) (catarrh) (spasmodic)2 unique routes
detergent→J69
due to
detergent→J69
Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous)1 unique routes
aspiration (due to food and vomit)→J69
Deglutition1 unique routes
pneumonia→J69
Detergent asthma1 unique routes
Direct index entry→J69
Injury2 unique routes
intrathoracic
lung
aspiration→J69
lung
aspiration→J69
Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved)10 unique routes
aspiration→J69(7 variants)
due to(6 variants)
food (regurgitated)→J69
gastric secretions→J69
milk (regurgitated)→J69
oils, essences→J69
solids, liquids NEC→J69
vomitus→J69
broncho-, bronchial (confluent) (croupous) (diffuse) (disseminated) (hemorrhagic) (involving lobes) (lobar) (terminal)(2 variants)
inhalation
of oils or essences→J69
lipid, lipoid→J69
lipid, lipoid (exogenous)→J69
Pneumonitis (acute) (primary)5 unique routes
aspiration→J69
due to(4 variants)
detergent→J69
food, vomit (aspiration)→J69
inhalation(2 variants)
blood→J69
essences→J69

MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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