Clinical entity | Symptoms | Diagnoses |
---|---|---|
Upper respiratory tract | ||
Ear | Earache (H01) | Acute otitis media (H71) |
Hearing complaints (H02) | Serous otitis media (H72) | |
Discharge from ear (H04) | Eustachian salpingitis (H73) | |
Other symptoms/complaints of ear (H29) | Chronic otitis media (H74) | |
Perforation tympanic membrane (H77) | ||
Upper respiratory tract | Sneezing/nasal congestion (R07) | Upper respiratory tract infection/head cold (R74) |
Other symptoms of nose (R08) | Other infections respiratory system (R83) | |
Sinus | Symptoms/complaints sinus (R09) | Sinusitis acute/chronic (R75) |
Throat | Symptoms/complaints throat (R21) | Tonsillitis acute (R76) |
Symptoms/complaints tonsils (R22) | Acute laryngitis/tracheitis/croup (R77) | |
Hypertrophy/chronic infection tonsils (R90) | ||
Lower respiratory tract | ||
Pneumonia | Pneumonia (R81) | |
Cough/bronchitisa | Pain attributed to respiratory system (R01) | Whooping cough (R71) |
Dyspnea (R02) | Strep-throat/scarlet fever (R72) | |
Wheezing (R03) | Acute bronchitis/bronchiolitis (R78) | |
Cough (R05) | ||
Abnormal sputum/phlegm (R25) | Chronic bronchitis (R79 or R91) | |
Exacerbation asthma/COPD | Codes as stated above by cough/bronchitis in patients with asthma or COPD combined with codes COPD (R95) or asthma (R96) |
↵a In patients not diagnosed as having asthma or COPD.