ICD-11 classes
12 Diseases of the respiratory system
Certain lower respiratory tract diseases
CA20 — Bronchitis
CA42 — Acute bronchitis
CA42.0 — Acute bronchitis due to Streptococcus
ICD-11 CA42.0 — Acute bronchitis due to Streptococcus
A disease of the bronchi, caused by an infection with the gram-positive bacteria Streptococcus. This disease is characterised by inflammation of the bronchi leading to cough, sputum production, or shortness of breath and wheezing. Transmission is by inhalation of infected respiratory secretions. Confirmation is by identification of Streptococcus in a sputum sample.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Acute bronchitis #12623