Respiratory System (J00-J99)
- ARDS (adult respiratory distress syndrome) – life-threatening acute damage to the lungs; often associated with multiorgan failure in the setting of SIRS (systemic inflammatory response syndrome; clinical picture resembling sepsis).
- Bronchial asthma
- Cardiac pulmonary edema – accumulation of water in the lungs due to heart disease.
- Pulmonary hemorrhage, unspecified
- Noncardiac pulmonary edema
- Pneumonia (lung inflammation)
Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).
Circulatory system (I00-I99)
- Pulmonary embolism – mechanical obstruction (“blockage or narrowing”) of one or more pulmonary artery branches caused primarily by pelvic-leg thrombosis (about 90% of cases) less commonly by thrombus (blood clot) from the upper extremities
Neoplasms – tumor diseases (C00-D48).
- Bronchial carcinoma (lung cancer)
Injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98).
- Foreign body aspiration – refers to when a foreign body enters the larynx (voice box), trachea (windpipe), or bronchi
