ICD-11 classes
12 Diseases of the respiratory system
Certain lower respiratory tract diseases
CA20 — Bronchitis
CA20.1 — Chronic bronchitis
CA20.13 — Protracted bacterial bronchitis
ICD-11 CA20.13 — Protracted bacterial bronchitis
Protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB) is a disease caused by the chronic infection of the conducting airways. The condition causes a persistent wet cough lasting more than four weeks that responds to antibiotic treatment.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.