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cryptococcosis

Medical Definition

Infection with a fungus of the species cryptococcus neoformans.

Wikipedia Summary

Cryptococcosis is a potentially fatal fungal infection of mainly the lungs, presenting as a pneumonia, and in the brain, where it appears as a meningitis. Coughing, difficulty breathing, chest pain and fever are seen when the lungs are infected...
Related Codes (7)
Code
Description
Billable
Details
B45Cryptococcosis
B45.1Cerebral cryptococcosis
B45.2Cutaneous cryptococcosis
B45.3Osseous cryptococcosis
B45.7Disseminated cryptococcosis
B45.8Other forms of cryptococcosis
B45.9Cryptococcosis, unspecified

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