ICD-11 classes
12 Diseases of the respiratory system
Upper respiratory tract disorders
CA09 — Chronic rhinitis, nasopharyngitis or pharyngitis
CA09.2 — Chronic pharyngitis
ICD-11 CA09.2 — Chronic pharyngitis
Persistent or recurrent inflammation of the pharynx; the funnel-shaped fibromuscular tube which conducts food to the oesophagus and air to the larynx.
It includes 1 item.
- Chronic sore throat
It excludes 1 item.
- Acute pharyngitis (CA02)
It has no clarifying diagnoses.