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B40.1: Chronic pulmonary blastomycosis

You have blastomycosis.

Blastomycosis is caused by fungi. They occur in the soil in North America, Africa and India. Fungi produce resistant spores in order to propagate. Drafts can spread the spores around the environment. You can become ill through inhaling the fungal spores with the dust. First of all you can get a fever, coughing and muscle pain. The illness may also persist over a long period of time. It can damage tissue in the lungs.

Additional indicator

On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.

  • G: Confirmed diagnosis
  • V: Tentative diagnosis
  • Z: Condition after
  • A: Excluded diagnosis
  • L: Left
  • R: Right
  • B: Both sides

Further information

Note

This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.
Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.

Source

Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).