Allergic asthma with exacerbation

Description

This refers to acute or subacute episodes of progressively worsening shortness of breath, cough, wheezing, and chest tightness, or some combination of these symptoms in patients with proven allergic asthma. Allergic asthma can be exacerbated by allergens to which the individual is allergic, other exogenous factors such as respiratory infections, pollutants or climate change, or endogenous co-factors. Exacerbations are characterised by decreases in expiratory airflow that can be documented and quantified by simple measurement of lung function (spirometry or PEF), can vary widely among individuals and within individuals from rare to frequent. The severity of exacerbation of allergic asthma can vary from mild to very severe and life-threatening, but in general respond to standard treatments of bronchodilators (inhalers) and steroid

Index terms

Allergic asthma with exacerbation

Exclusions from above levels

CA22 – chronic obstructive asthma
CA22.1 – chronic asthmatic (obstructive) bronchitis
CA60.1 – miner’s asthma

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CA70 – wood asthma
MD11.C – Wheezing
01 – Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
18 – Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
20 – Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
22 – Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes

Sibling codes

CA23.01 – Allergic asthma with status asthmaticus
CA23.02 – Allergic asthma, uncomplicated

Foundation entity

Allergic asthma with exacerbation – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/474902557

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: CA23.0: Allergic asthma › CA23: Asthma › 12: Diseases of the respiratory system