MD11.5 Dyspnoea

International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2025-01

Dyspnoea is used to describe perceptions of difficulty or distress related to breathing and is recognised as symptomatic of disease when it occurs under inappropriate circumstances. Dyspnoea is a presenting complaint of patients with a wide variety of medical diseases by multiple mechanisms. Dyspnoea is considered acute when it lasts from hours up to 3 weeks, subacute from 3 weeks up to 8 weeks, and chronic dyspnoea lasts more than 8 weeks.

inclusions

• Orthopnoea

exclusions

• Transient tachypnoea of newborn  (KB23.1)

postcoordination

synonyms

• Dyspnoea
• difficulty breathing
• respiration difficult
• short of breath
• winded
• dyspnoea NOS
• paroxysmal dyspnoea
• respiratory distress
• SOB - [shortness of breath]
• shortness of breath
• breathlessness
• Orthopnoea
• Dyspnoea crisis
• Dyspnoea hyperventilation
• Exertional dyspnoea
• Nocturnal dyspnoea
• paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea

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