Acute upper respiratory infections - J00-J06
Excludes1: It indicates that the conditions described by two codes cannot occur together in the same patient. These codes are mutually exclusive.
Type 1 Excludes:
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.0)
These ranges represents Categories of Acute upper respiratory infections. The "J00-J06" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad section.