CA60.0

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Pneumoconiosis due to dust containing silica

Description

Interstitial lung disease due to inhalation of silica dust. The accumulation of silica/silicates in lung leads to fibrosis and formation of opacities in upper lobes of lungs on chest X-ray.

Excludes

  • http://id.who.int/icd/entity/2072728114 – with tuberculosis

Exclusions from above levels

  • CA23 – Asthma
  • 01 – Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
  • 05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
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  • 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

Child codes

  • CA60.00 – Pneumoconiosis due to talc dust
  • CA60.0Y – Other specified pneumoconiosis due to dust containing silica
  • CA60.0Z – Pneumoconiosis due to dust containing silica, unspecified

Sibling codes

  • CA60.1 – Coal worker pneumoconiosis
  • CA60.2 – Pneumoconiosis due to mineral fibres including asbestos
  • CA60.3 – Pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis
  • CA60.4 – Aluminosis of lung
  • CA60.5 – Bauxite fibrosis of lung
  • CA60.6 – Berylliosis
  • CA60.7 – Graphite fibrosis of lung
  • CA60.8 – Siderosis
  • CA60.9 – Stannosis
  • CA60.Y – Other specified pneumoconiosis
  • CA60.Z – Pneumoconiosis, unspecified

Foundation entity

Pneumoconiosis due to dust containing silica – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1092658552

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: CA60: Pneumoconiosis › 12: Diseases of the respiratory system