1F22

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Blastomycosis

Description

A disease caused by an infection with the fungi Blastomyces dermatitidis. This disease is characterised by fever, chills, cough, myalgia, arthralgia, or chest pain. This disease may also present in the skin and bones. Transmission is by inhalation of fungal spores. Confirmation is by identification of Blastomyces dermatitidis in a urine, cerebrospinal fluid, or blood sample.

Index terms

  • Blastomycosis
  • Chicago disease or disorder
  • Gilchrist disease
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  • North American blastomycosis
  • blastomyces infection
  • blastomycosis, unspecified
  • blastomycotic infection
  • infection by blastomyces dermatitidis
  • Pulmonary blastomycosis
  • North American pulmonary blastomycosis
  • pulmonary blastomycotic
  • Acute pulmonary blastomycosis
  • acute pulmonary blastomycotic
  • primary pulmonary blastomycosis
  • Chronic pulmonary blastomycosis
  • chronic pulmonary blastomycotic
  • Primary cutaneous blastomycosis
  • Disseminated blastomycosis
  • Generalised blastomycosis
  • North American disseminated blastomycosis
  • Blastomycosis dacryoadenitis
  • Other forms of blastomycosis
  • Oesophageal and gastrointestinal blastomycosis

Excludes

  • 1F2B – keloidal blastomycosis
  • 1F2E – Brazilian blastomycosis

Exclusions from above levels

  • 2B01 – Mycosis fungoides
  • CA70 – Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to organic dust
  • NE83.1 – Infection arising from device, implant or graft, not elsewhere classified

Sibling codes

  • 1F20 – Aspergillosis
  • 1F21 – Basidiobolomycosis
  • 1F23 – Candidosis
  • 1F24 – Chromoblastomycosis
  • 1F25 – Coccidioidomycosis
  • 1F26 – Conidiobolomycosis
  • 1F27 – Cryptococcosis
  • 1F28 – Dermatophytosis
  • 1F29 – Eumycetoma
  • 1F2A – Histoplasmosis
  • 1F2B – Lobomycosis
  • 1F2C – Mucormycosis
  • 1F2D – Non-dermatophyte superficial dermatomycoses
  • 1F2E – Paracoccidioidomycosis
  • 1F2F – Phaeohyphomycosis
  • 1F2G – Pneumocystosis
  • 1F2H – Scedosporiosis
  • 1F2J – Sporotrichosis
  • 1F2K – Talaromycosis
  • 1F2L – Emmonsiosis
  • 1F2Y – Other specified mycoses
  • 1F2Z – Mycoses, unspecified

Foundation entity

Blastomycosis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1968108845

Part of: 01: Certain infectious or parasitic diseases