Instruction Source: J67.4
Maltworker's lung
Instruction Source: J67
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to organic dust
Excludes 1 (Mutually Exclusive)
- pneumonitis due to inhalation of chemicals, gases, fumes or vapors (J68.0)
Inclusion Terms
- allergic alveolitis and pneumonitis due to inhaled organic dust and particles of fungal, actinomycetic or other origin
Instruction Source: J60-J70
Lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70)
Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)
- asthma (J45.-)
- malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.-)
Instruction Source: J00-J99
Diseases of the respiratory system
Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- smoke inhalation (T59.81-)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Clinical Notes
- When a respiratory condition is described as occurring in more than one site and is not specifically indexed, it should be classified to the lower anatomic site (e.g. tracheobronchitis to bronchitis in J40).