kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Code

A36.1

Nasopharyngeal 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

Use Additional

A00-B99

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

Includes

A00-B99

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes 1

A00-B99

  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

Excludes 2

A00-B99

  • 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)

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