Kodex

Code

A36.0

Pharyngeal diphtheria

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Hierarchy

A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- A30-A49 Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49)
  - A36 Diphtheria
    - A36.0 Pharyngeal diphtheria
    - A36.1 Nasopharyngeal diphtheria
    - A36.2 Laryngeal diphtheria
    - A36.3 Cutaneous diphtheria
    - A36.8 Other diphtheria
    - A36.9 Diphtheria, unspecified

Inclusion Terms

A36.0

Diphtheritic membranous angina
Tonsillar diphtheria

Use Additional

code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
- Z16 Resistance to antimicrobial drugs

Includes

diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes 1

certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

Excludes 2

carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
- Z22 Carrier of infectious disease
infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
- O98 Maternal infectious and parasitic diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
- P35-P39 Infections specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)