Asthma is a chronic disease that affects your airways. Your airways are tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. If you have asthma, the inside walls of your airways become sore and swollen. That makes them very sensitive, and they may react strongly to things that you are allergic to or find irritating.
It is characterized by spasmodic contraction of airway smooth muscle, wheezing, and dyspnea (dyspnea, paroxysmal). Asthma is a chronic disease that affects your airways. Your airways are tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. If you have asthma, the inside walls of your airways become sore and swollen.
A chronic respiratory disease manifested as difficulty breathing due to the narrowing of bronchial passageways. A form of bronchial disorder with three distinct components: airway hyper-responsiveness (respiratory hypersensitivity), airway inflammation, and intermittent airway obstruction.
If you have asthma, the inside walls of your airways become sore and swollen. That makes them very sensitive, and they may react strongly to things that you are allergic to or find irritating. When your airways react, they get narrower and your lungs get less air.symptoms of asthma include. wheezing.
Reactive airway disease is a general term for respiratory illnesses that are usually described by a family of diseases that shares an airway sensitivity to chemical, physical, or pharmacologic stimuli.
Reactive airway disease is a general term for respiratory illnesses that are usually described by a family of diseases that shares an airway sensitivity to chemical, physical, or pharmacologic stimuli. Occasionally, the terms “asthma” and “reactive airway disease” are used interchangeably, however, they are not the same thing.
The chemical agents which are most commonly associated with reactive airway disease are: nitrogen oxide ; toluene diisocyanate (a toxic and highly reactive organic compound); inhaled chlorine.
The chemical agents which are most commonly associated with reactive airway disease are: inhaled chlorine. Some conditions which may fall under the reactive airway disease diagnosis include: upper respiratory viral infection – in which asthma-like symptoms are accompanied by chills, high fever, and body aches;
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – it is linked with long-term exposure to toxic fumes or cigarettes; congestive heart failure; bronchiolitis obliterans – it is a lung disease that generally affects younger people who do not smoke cigarettes;
Both can cause wheezing, but asthma is ongoing, while RAD may occur only now and then. Children under the age of 5 are usually diagnosed with reactive airway disease as it can be difficult to come up with a precise diagnosis of an airway condition at such a young age. Even though it is generally experienced by kids, RAD can occur in adults too.
pulmonary embolus – it is the sudden blockage of a major blood vessel in the lung and usually occurs in individuals with cancer, heart disease, or who have had recent surgery; irritant-induced asthma – it is a condition that usually affects farmers, bakers, metal workers, grain elevator operators, woodworkers, and plastic workers;
For these conditions, ICD-10 uses two base code categories: J43 for emphysema and J44 for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). All codes require a fourth digit. However, without additional testing, it is unlikely that a primary care physician can clearly differentiate emphysema from chronic bronchitis. Per the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, “Most people who have COPD have both emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Thus, the general term ‘COPD’ is more accurate.” 1 In that case, J44.9, “COPD, unspecified,” should be used. (See “ Emphysema/COPD codes .”)
However, if in your clinical judgment the condition is caused by pollen, you need to document that judgment in the record and then assign code J30.1, “Allergic rhinitis due to pollen.”. Remember that ICD-10 does not prohibit you from using your clinical judgment, but your documentation must support your judgment.
Ready for some good news? The common cold is still the common cold and has a simple, three-digit ICD-10 code: J00, “Acute nasopharyngitis.” ICD-10 even includes “common cold” in the description.
These codes include acute (with or without obstruction) and chronic codes, but there are no acute recurrent codes. The unspecified codes do not differentiate between the larynx and trachea but use the term “Supraglottitis.” (See “Larynx, trachea, and epiglottis codes .”)
Infective rhinitis defaults to the “Acute nasopharyngitis” (common cold) J00 code, discussed earlier. However, chronic rhinitis gets its own code, J31.0. Vasomotor and allergic rhinitis also have their own code series (J30). (See “ Rhinitis and other codes related to the nose .”)
The history suggests it is not related to the new pet or to food. You cannot use the “Other allergic rhinitis” code because it is used when the etiology is known but not listed in ICD-10. Therefore, you select J30.9, “Allergic rhinitis, unspecified.”. This is an example of the correct use of an “unspecified” code.
It is being used per ICD-10 guidelines “ when the information in the medical record is insufficient to assign a more specific code. ”. However, if in your clinical judgment the condition is caused by pollen, you need to document that judgment in the record and then assign code J30.1, “Allergic rhinitis due to pollen.”.