MD22

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Haemoptysis

Description

Expectoration or spitting of blood originating from any part of the respiratory tract, usually from haemorrhage in the lung parenchyma and the bronchial arteries.

Index terms

  • Haemoptysis
  • Blood-stained sputum
  • Cough with haemorrhage
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  • blood streaked sputum
  • coughing up blood
  • haemoptysis, unspecified
  • spitting blood

Inclusions

  • Blood-stained sputum
  • Cough with haemorrhage

Exclusions from above levels

  • KB28 – Pulmonary haemorrhage originating in the perinatal period
  • 19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
  • JA66 – Clinical findings on antenatal screening of mother

Sibling codes

  • MD20 – Epistaxis
  • MD21 – Haemorrhage from throat
  • MD23 – Haemorrhage from other sites in respiratory passages
  • MD24 – Acute idiopathic pulmonary haemorrhage in infants over 28 days of age
  • MD2Z – Haemorrhage from respiratory passages, unspecified

Foundation entity

Haemoptysis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/899998313

Part of: 21: Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified