ICD-11 classes
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
CA40 — Pneumonia
CA40.0 — Bacterial pneumonia
CA40.01 — Pneumonia due to Escherichia coli
ICD-11 CA40.01 — Pneumonia due to Escherichia coli
A disease of the pulmonary system, caused by an infection with the gram-negative bacteria Escherichia coli. This disease is characterised by fever, cough, and dyspnoea. Transmission is commonly by inhalation of infected respiratory secretions. Confirmation is by identification of Escherichia coli in blood, sputum, or pleural fluid samples.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Bacterial pneumonia #12581
The diagnosis is included in 1 another class.
- Congenital pneumonia due to Escherichia coli (KB24)