A second difference between the adjustment disorder with depressed mood and other depressions is that the symptoms only last a short time after the stressful situation ends.
Even though asthma is not considered an autoimmune disease, it is a chronic illness which requires the same attention as any other chronic illness. If you have asthma and an autoimmune disease, it is important to keep both under control to prevent one disease from affecting the other.
Coding asthma with ICD-9 codes has been based on extrinsic or intrinsic asthma. Extrinsic asthma is also known as allergic asthma. This is familiar as seasonal allergies. Intrinsic asthma is known by two additional names: exercise induced asthma and chemical induced asthma. When ICD-10-CM is implemented, it will not be necessary to code for the difference between extrinsic or intrinsic asthma. Asthma is found in section J45 of ICD-10-CM, and it will require documentation of mild, medium, and severe asthma.