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464.3 Epiglottitis, acute. 464.4 Croup. 465 Acute upper respiratory infections of multiple or unspecified sites. 465.9 Upper respiratory infection, acute, NOS. 466 Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis. 466.0 Bronchitis, acute. 466.11 Bronchiolitis, acute, due to RSV.
It is commonly known as "walking pneumonia" because its symptoms are often mild enough that one can still be up and about. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] "Atypical pneumonia" is atypical in that it is caused by atypical organisms (other than Streptococcus pneumoniae , Haemophilus influenzae , and Moraxella catarrhalis ). [ 20 ]
Causes. It has been suggested that idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia has an autoimmune mechanism, and is a possible complication of undifferentiated connective tissue disease; [2] however, not enough research has been done at this time to find a cause. Patients with NSIP will often have other unrelated lung diseases like COPD or ...
This is a shortened version of the sixteenth chapter of the ICD-9: Symptoms, Signs and Ill-defined Conditions. It covers ICD codes 780 to 799 . The full chapter can be found on pages 455 to 471 of Volume 1, which contains all (sub)categories of the ICD-9.
[table-of-contents] stripped. Health officials in Ohio are warning about an increase in pneumonia cases in children. The state has seen 145 cases in kids aged 3 to 14 years old, and some are ...
Classification of pneumonia. Pneumonia can be classified in several ways, most commonly by where it was acquired (hospital versus community), but may also by the area of lung affected or by the causative organism. [ 1] There is also a combined clinical classification, which combines factors such as age, risk factors for certain microorganisms ...
004.9 Shigellosis, unspec. 005 Other poisoning (bacterial) 005.0 Staphylococcal food poisoning. 006 Amoebiasis. 006.0 Acute amoebic dysentery without mention of abscess. 006.1 Chronic intestinal amoebiasis without mention of abscess. 006.2 Amoebic nondysenteric colitis. 006.3 Amoebic liver abscess. 006.4 Amoebic lung abscess.
The most common symptoms of acute interstitial pneumonitis are highly productive cough with expectoration of thick mucus, fever, and difficulties breathing. These often occur over a period of one to two weeks before medical attention is sought. The presence of fluid means the person experiences a feeling similar to 'drowning'.