ICD-11 classes
12 Diseases of the respiratory system
Lung infections
CA40 — Pneumonia
CA40.0 — Bacterial pneumonia
CA40.03 — Pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae
ICD-11 CA40.03 — Pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae
A disease of the pulmonary system, caused by an infection with the gram-negative bacteria Klebsiella pneumoniae. This infection common presents with thick, haemorrhagic, mucoid sputum. Transmission is by inhalation of infected respiratory secretions. Confirmation is by identification of Klebsiella pneumoniae in a sputum sample.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Bacterial pneumonia #1452