Chapter 1 - Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)»Mycoses (B35-B49)»Blastomycosis (B40)

B40

Blastomycosis

Sub-codes (7)

B40.0 Acute pulmonary blastomycosis
B40.1 Chronic pulmonary blastomycosis
B40.2 Pulmonary blastomycosis, unspecified
B40.3 Cutaneous blastomycosis
B40.7 Disseminated blastomycosis
B40.8 Other forms of blastomycosis
B40.9 Blastomycosis, unspecified

Related indications (MeSH) (1)

Blastomycosis8 drugs (7 approved, 1 experimental)

A fungal infection by BLASTOMYCES that may appear in two forms: 1, a primary lesion characterized by the formation of a small cutaneous nodule and small nodules along the lymphatics that may heal within several months; and 2, chronic granulomatous lesions characterized by thick crusts, warty growths, and unusual vascularity and infection in the middle or upper lobes of the lung.