Disseminated coccidioidomycosis

Description

Diffuse pulmonary coccidioidomycosis occurs either when there is inhalation of a massive number of arthroconia, such as may occur during archeological excavations, or among individuals with severely depressed cellular immunity (e.g., late HIV-1 infection [AIDS]; cancer chemotherapy; allogeneic transplant recipients, treatment with corticosteroids; and during the second, third trimesters and postpartum pregnancy). The radiographic appearance often is a mixture of small nodules and interstitial findings, sometimes called "reticulonodular" or, because it may resemble overwhelming pulmonary tuberculosis, "miliary."

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