Pneumoconiosis
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This page is about the pre-ICD10 diagnosis coding schema. See the ICD10 Diagnosis List, or the following for similar diagnoses in ICD10:Airway disease due to inhaled organic dust, Coalworker's pneumoconiosis (black lung disease), Pneumoconiosis, NOS, Silicosis of the lung (pneumoconiosis)Click Expand to show legacy content.
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