ICD-11 classes
11 Diseases of the circulatory system
Pulmonary heart disease or diseases of pulmonary circulation
BB00 — Pulmonary thromboembolism
BB00.0 — Acute pulmonary thromboembolism
ICD-11 BB00.0 — Acute pulmonary thromboembolism
Acute pulmonary thromboembolism is defined as a partial or complete occlusion of a pulmonary arterial branch with the abrupt onset of related symptoms, such as dyspnoea, tachypnoea, chest pain, cough and blood-tinged sputum. However, acute pulmonary embolism may also occur in the absence of any symptoms.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Pulmonary thromboembolism #13181