What is pulmonary fibrosis? In technical terms, fibrosis means thickening or scarring of the tissue. In this case, the normally thin, lacy walls of the air sacs in the lungs are no longer thin and lacy, but get thick, stiff and scarred, also called becoming fibrotic.
Group 1CodeDescriptionJ84.10Pulmonary fibrosis, unspecifiedJ84.111Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, not otherwise specifiedJ84.112Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisJ84.113Idiopathic non-specific interstitial pneumonitis164 more rows
ICD-10 code J84. 112 for Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the respiratory system .
Causes of pulmonary fibrosis include environmental pollutants, some medicines, some connective tissue diseases, and interstitial lung disease. Interstitial lung disease is the name for a large group of diseases that inflame or scar the lungs. In most cases, the cause cannot be found.
515515 - Postinflammatory pulmonary fibrosis | ICD-10-CM.
The ICD-10-CM code J84. 10 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like atrophic fibrosis of lung, calcified granuloma of lung, chronic fibrosis of lung, chronic fibrosis of lung, chronic induration of lung , chronic interstitial pneumonia, etc.
R06.02ICD-10 | Shortness of breath (R06. 02)
Feb. 21, 2022: Addition of code 87913 to report severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (coronavirus disease [COVID-19]) mutation identification in targeted region(s).
R91.1ICD-10 | Solitary pulmonary nodule (R91. 1)
What Are the Different Types of Pulmonary Fibrosis?Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)Familial pulmonary fibrosis.Other Pulmonary Diseases Related to Pulmonary Fibrosis.Jul 28, 2018
The four stages of pulmonary fibrosis are mild, moderate, severe, and very severe. A patient's disease stage is determined by their lung capacity and the severity of their symptoms.Aug 16, 2019
Pulmonary fibrosis is a feared complication of respiratory infections. We found that among survivors of severe COVID-19, 20% of non-mechanically ventilated and 72% of mechanically ventilated individuals had fibrotic-like radiographic abnormalities 4 months after hospitalisation.