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{{DX tag | Respiratory | | {{PreICD10 dx | NewDxArticle = Silicosis of the lung (pneumoconiosis)}} | ||
{{PreICD10 dx | NewDxArticle = Airway disease due to inhaled organic dust }} | |||
{{PreICD10 dx | NewDxArticle = Coalworker's pneumoconiosis (black lung disease)}} | |||
{{PreICD10 dx | NewDxArticle = Pneumoconiosis, NOS}} | |||
{{DX tag | Respiratory Problems| Medical Problem| Pneumoconiosis | PNEUMOCONIOSIS | 1900 | No | 0 | CC and Med | current | | }} | |||
Pneumoconiosis is an occupational lung disease and a restrictive lung disease caused by the inhalation of dust, often in mines.Depending upon the type of dust, the disease is given different names: Coalworker's pneumoconiosis=miner's lung/black lung /anthracosis coal carbon :Asbestosis/asbestos :Silicosis/grinder's disease/Potter"s rot /silica : Bauxite fibrosis/bauxite: Berylliosis /beryllium: Siderosis/iron: Byssinosis/cotton: Labrador lung /asbestos/iron/silica: Stannosis /tin oxide: Popcorn worker:Chalicosis:Cocoa powder: Talc | |||