ICD-11 code : CA70.0;
Preferred Label : Farmer lung;
ICD-11 definition : Farmer's lung disease is a hypersensitivity pneumonitis, caused by inhalation of organic
dust containing spores of microorganisms, often thermophilic actinomycetes and less
commonly Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula, living in mouldy hay, straw, or grain. Typical
symptoms include dyspnoea, cough, tiredness, headaches and occasional fever/night
sweats, with acute, sub-acute or chronic clinical course and can result in chronic
disability with granulomatous disease.;
ICD-11 synonym : farmers' lung disease; haymakers' hypersensitivity pneumonitis; moldy hay disorder; mouldy hay disease; harvesters' hypersensitivity pneumonitis; threshers' lung; farmers' lung; moldy hay pneumoconiosis; fibrosis of lung with farmers' lung;
ICD-11 inclusion : harvester lung; haymaker lung;
Origin ID : 666590509;
UMLS CUI : C0015634;
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Farmer's lung disease is a hypersensitivity pneumonitis, caused by inhalation of organic
dust containing spores of microorganisms, often thermophilic actinomycetes and less
commonly Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula, living in mouldy hay, straw, or grain. Typical
symptoms include dyspnoea, cough, tiredness, headaches and occasional fever/night
sweats, with acute, sub-acute or chronic clinical course and can result in chronic
disability with granulomatous disease.