Wheezing

Description

Continuous adventitious sounds that are high-pitched are called wheezes. Wheezes originate in airways narrowed by spasm, thickening of the mucosa, or luminal obstruction.

Index terms

Wheezing
wheeze
wheezy

Exclusions from above levels

CB00 – Adult acute respiratory distress syndrome
KB23 – Respiratory distress of newborn
KB2D – Respiratory failure of newborn

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MD33 – Respiratory arrest
19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
JA66 – Clinical findings on antenatal screening of mother

Sibling codes

MD11.0 – Apnoea
MD11.1 – Asphyxia
MD11.2 – Ataxic breathing
MD11.3 – Breath holding
MD11.4 – Sleep related Cheyne-Stokes respiration
MD11.5 – Dyspnoea
MD11.6 – Hiccough
MD11.7 – Hyperventilation
MD11.8 – Mouth breathing
MD11.9 – Nasal congestion
MD11.A – Sneezing
MD11.B – Stridor
MD11.D – Yawning
MD11.Y – Other specified abnormalities of breathing
MD11.Z – Abnormalities of breathing, unspecified

Foundation entity

Wheezing – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/685476566

Part of: MD11: Abnormalities of breathing › 21: Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified