P22

Non-Billable
ChapterP00–P96
Rankcategory
Official Description

Respiratory distress of newborn

Metadata & Insights
  • •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • •Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • •Chapter 16: Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period (P00-P96).

CH16 Parent Instructions

Includes
  • conditions that have their origin in the fetal or perinatal period (before birth through the first 28 days after birth) even if morbidity occurs later
Excludes2(Not included here)
  • 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)
  • tetanus neonatorum (A33)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH16Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
P19-P29Respiratory and cardiovascular disorders specific to the perinatal period (P19-P29)
P22Respiratory distress of newborn
P22.0Respiratory distress syndrome of newborn
P22.1Transient tachypnea of newborn
P22.8Other respiratory distress of newborn
P22.9Respiratory distress of newborn, unspecified

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to P22:

chapterCH16
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to P22. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

21 raw paths
Disease, diseased1 unique routes
hyaline (diffuse) (generalized)
membrane (lung) (newborn)→P22
Distress2 unique routes
respiratory (adult) (child)(2 variants)
newborn→P22(2 variants)
specified NEC→P22
Hyaline membrane (disease) (lung) (pulmonary) (newborn)1 unique routes
Direct index entry→P22
IRDS (type I)2 unique routes
Direct index entry→P22
type II→P22
RDS (newborn) (type I)2 unique routes
Direct index entry→P22
type II→P22
Respiratory2 unique routes
distress syndrome (newborn) (type I)→P22(2 variants)
type II→P22
Syndrome8 unique routes
cardiorespiratory distress (idiopathic), newborn→P22
idiopathic
cardiorespiratory distress, newborn→P22
IRDS (idiopathic respiratory distress, newborn)→P22
pulmonary
hypoperfusion (idiopathic)→P22
RDS (respiratory distress syndrome, newborn)→P22
respiratory(2 variants)
distress(2 variants)
newborn (idiopathic) (type I)→P22(2 variants)
type II→P22
wet
lung, newborn→P22
Tachypnea2 unique routes
newborn (idiopathic) (transitory)→P22
transitory, of newborn→P22
Wet1 unique routes
lung (syndrome), newborn→P22

MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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