J63.8: Pneumoconiosis due to other specified inorganic dusts
You have inhaled a lot of dust over a considerable time. This dust has been deposited in your lungs.
You need lungs to breath. When you breathe in, the air with the oxygen passes through the airways to the lungs. The respiratory tract ends in the air sacs in the lungs. Oxygen passes into the blood in the pulmonary alveoli (air sacs). The pulmonary alveoli and the airways are surrounded by supportive tissue. This supportive tissue consists of connective tissue.
You have inhaled a lot of dust over a considerable time. This dust has been deposited in your lungs.
The dust in your lungs has activated your immune system. The immune system has caused an inflammation. The pulmonary alveoli, or air sacs, were damaged by the inflammation.
The immune system can also release substances by which the connective tissue in the lungs multiplies. As a result, the wall of the pulmonary alveoli thickens. When the wall of the air sacs is thickened, less oxygen from the lungs is able to get into the blood.
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
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