| Note: | When a respiratory condition is described as occurring in more than one site and is not specifically indexed, it should be classified to the lower anatomic site (e.g., tracheobronchitis to bronchitis in J40). | |||||||
| Excludes: | certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
certain infectious and parasitic diseases complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes neoplasms symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified |
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This chapter contains the following blocks:
| J00-J06 | Acute upper respiratory infections | ||
| J09-J18 | Influenza and pneumonia | ||
| J20-J22 | Other acute lower respiratory infections | ||
| J30-J39 | Other diseases of upper respiratory tract | ||
| J40-J47 | Chronic lower respiratory diseases | ||
| J60-J70 | Lung diseases due to external agents | ||
| J80-J84 | Other respiratory diseases principally affecting the interstitium | ||
| J85-J86 | Suppurative and necrotic conditions of lower respiratory tract | ||
| J90-J94 | Other diseases of pleura | ||
| J95-J99 | Other diseases of the respiratory system | ||
Asterisk categories for this chapter are provided as follows:
| J17* | Pneumonia in diseases classified elsewhere |
| J91* | Pleural effusion in conditions classified elsewhere |
| J99* | Respiratory disorders in diseases classified elsewhere |
| Processed on 11/12/2006 M.S. | Source: World Health Organization | © Copyright WHO/DIMDI 1994/2006 |