ICD-11 classes
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
CA40 — Pneumonia
CA40.0 — Bacterial pneumonia
CA40.07 — Pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae

ICD-11 CA40.07 — Pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae

A disease of the pulmonary system, caused by an infection with the gram-positive bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae. This disease is characterised by an acute onset of fever and chills, or rigors. This disease may also present with chest pain, productive cough, dyspnoea, tachypnoea, hypoxia, or tachycardia. Transmission is by inhalation of infected respiratory secretions, or indirect contact. Confirmation is by identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae in a sputum sample.

It includes 1 item.

  • Bronchopneumonia due to S. pneumoniae

It excludes 3 items.

  • Pneumonia due to other streptococci (CA40.0)
  • congenital pneumonia due to S. pneumoniae (KB24)
  • Pneumonia due to Beta-haemolytic streptococcus (CA40.08)

It has no clarifying diagnoses.

The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:

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