Pleurisy (infectious or noninfectious): Difference between revisions

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 == Additional Info ==
-incl viral pleuritis
+*Pleurisy is denotes inflammation of the pleura.  It is NOT just a symptom.
+*It's cardinal symptom is pleuritic chest pain (pain with coughing or with breathing, especially deep breathing, '''[[Pain, pleuritic chest pain]]''').
+*It may be present with or without pleural effusion.
+*It can be due to either infectious or noninfectious causes -- thus this code includes viral pleurisy (which is almost always a diagnosis of exclusion).
 == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
-(turn these into links to the actual diagnosis articles if possible. For some that might make no sense.)
+*[[Pain, pleuritic chest pain]]
+*[[Pain, chest NOS]]
 == Candidate [[Combined ICD10 codes]] ==
-(put links to likely candidates coded with this one, eg. a cause for a trauma.)
+*Also code the cause, if known and is other than viral pleurisy.
 == Related Articles ==