1 Eczema is not a single disease but a reaction pattern of the skin produced by a number conditions. 2  Atopic dermatitis, a common causes of eczema, is more prevalent in those with asthma and hay fever. 3  Eczema appears as small blisters that can weep and ooze, or as crusted, thickened plaques of skin.czema facts. 1  Eczema is not a single disease but a reaction pattern of the skin produced by a number conditions. 2  Atopic dermatitis, a common causes of eczema, is more prevalent in those with asthma and hay fever. 3  Eczema appears as small blisters that can weep and ooze, or as crusted, thickened plaques of skin.
Asthma is a disease affecting the airways that carry air to and from your lungs. People who suffer from this chronic condition (long-lasting or recurrent) are said to be asthmatic. The inside walls of an asthmatic's airways are swollen or inflamed.
A patient with asthma in status asthmaticus is admitted to the hospital for treatment of acute. respiratory failure. The principal diagnosis is acute respiratory failure, 518.81, and the secondary. diagnosis is asthma, unspecified, with status asthmaticus, 493.91. (See Coding Clinic, first quarter. 2005, page 5.) Chronic myasthenia gravis with acute exacerbation/respiratory failure.