ICD-11 classes
12 Diseases of the respiratory system
Upper respiratory tract disorders
CA00 — Acute nasopharyngitis
ICD-11 CA00 — Acute nasopharyngitis
A disease of the upper respiratory tract, caused by an infection with rhinovirus. This disease is characterised by pharyngitis, runny nose, stuffy nose, or cough. Transmission is by inhalation of infected respiratory secretions, or direct contact.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
It excludes 11 items.
- Chronic nasopharyngitis (CA09.1)
- pharyngitis NOS (CA02)
- Acute pharyngitis (CA02)
- Chronic pharyngitis (CA09.2)
- rhinitis NOS (CA09.0)
- sore throat NOS (CA00-CA0Z)
- Vasomotor rhinitis (CA08.3)
- Chronic rhinitis (CA09.0)
- Allergic rhinitis (CA08.0)
- acute sore throat (CA02)
- chronic sore throat (CA09.2)
It has no clarifying diagnoses.