ICD-11 classes
12 Diseases of the respiratory system
Lung infections
CA40 — Pneumonia
CA40.2 — Fungal pneumonia
1F2L.1 — Pulmonary adiaspiromycosis
ICD-11 1F2L.1 — Pulmonary adiaspiromycosis
Pulmonary adiaspiromycosis is an infection of the lungs due to inhalation of spores of the saprophytic soil fungus Chrysosporium parvum(formerly Emmonsia parva). The fungus affects many species of rodents but may occasionally infect humans. It is characterised by the presence of huge spherules (adiaspores) in the lungs.
It includes 1 item.
- Adiaspiromycosis
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Emmonsiosis #1107
- Fungal pneumonia #1473