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)

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Category/Organ System:	Category: Respiratory (old)
Type:	Category: Medical Problem (old)
Main Diagnosis:	Pneumoconiosis
Sub Diagnosis:	PNEUMOCONIOSIS
Diagnosis Code:	1900
Comorbid Diagnosis:	No
Charlson Comorbid coding (pre ICD10):	0
Program:	CC and Med
Status:	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