A36.2
Laryngeal diphtheria
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 5 never code together
A00-B99chapter
Excludes1
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
Excludes2
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)Z22.-
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)O98.-
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)P35-P39
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)J00-J22
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 3
Index entries leading here 9
- Angina (attack) (cardiac) (chest) (heart) (pectoris) (syndrome) (vasomotor) I20.9
- stridulous, diphtheritic A36.2
- Croup, croupous (catarrhal) (infectious) (inflammatory) (nondiphtheritic) J05.0
- Cynanche
- diphtheritic A36.2
- Diphtheria, diphtheritic (gangrenous) (hemorrhagic) A36.9
- laryngeal A36.2
- Laryngismus (stridulus) J38.5
- diphtheritic A36.2
- Laryngitis (acute) (edematous) (fibrinous) (infective) (infiltrative) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pneumococcal) (pseudomembranous) (septic) (subglottic) (suppurative) (ulcerative) J04.0
- diphtheritic A36.2
- Laryngotracheitis (acute) (Infectional) (infective) (viral) J04.2
- diphtheritic A36.2
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative
- Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) G83.9
Alongside this code 5 same parent — A36
Additional references
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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.