J99.1: Respiratory disorders in other diffuse connective tissue disorders
You have a disease in your airways. The disease in your airways is being caused by another disease.
When we breathe, the air gets into the body via the respiratory tract. The respiratory tract can be divided into the upper and the lower respiratory tracts. The nose and throat form part of the upper respiratory tract. The lower respiratory tract begins at the larynx. This includes the trachea and the bronchia.
The respiratory tract ends in the air sacs in the lungs. Oxygen passes into the blood in the pulmonary alveoli (air sacs). Supporting tissue is located between the air sacs and airways in the lungs. This supporting tissue is called connective tissue.
You have another disease that is changing the connective tissue at certain sites in your body. This disorder also changes the connective tissue in your lungs or airways.
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
Source
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