Pneumoconiosis
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Category: Respiratory Problems (old) |
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| Main Diagnosis: | Pneumoconiosis |
| Sub Diagnosis: | PNEUMOCONIOSIS |
| Diagnosis Code: | 1900 |
| Comorbid Diagnosis: | No |
| Charlson Comorbid coding (pre ICD10): | 0 |
| Program: | CC and Med |
| Status: | current
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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