ICD-11 classes
12 Diseases of the respiratory system
Lung infections
CA40 — Pneumonia
CA40.1 — Viral pneumonia
CA40.12 — Pneumonia due to parainfluenza virus
ICD-11 CA40.12 — Pneumonia due to parainfluenza virus
A disease of the pulmonary system, caused by an infection with parainfluenza virus. This disease is characterised by fever, malaise, cough, or tachypnoea. Transmission is by inhalation of infected respiratory secretions, direct contact, or through fomites. Confirmation is by identification of the parainfluenza virus in respiratory secretions, detection of a significant rise in parainfluenza specific IgG antibodies in paired serum, or detection of parainfluenza specific IgM antibodies in a single serum sample.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Viral pneumonia #1466