ICD-11 classes
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
CA40 — Pneumonia
CA40.0 — Bacterial pneumonia
CA40.08 — Pneumonia due to Beta-haemolytic streptococcus
ICD-11 CA40.08 — Pneumonia due to Beta-haemolytic streptococcus
A disease of the lungs, caused by an infection with the gram-positive bacteria Beta Haemolytic streptococcus. This disease is characterised by an acute onset of fever and chills, or rigors. This presents with chest pain, productive cough, dyspnoea, tachypnoea, hypoxia, or tachycardia. Transmission is by inhalation of infected inspiratory secretions, or direct contact.
It includes 1 item.
- Pneumonia due to streptococcus, group B
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 streptococcus, group B (KB24)