A36.89
Other diphtheritic complications
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 6
- Diphtheria, diphtheritic (gangrenous) (hemorrhagic) A36.9
- Lymphadenitis I88.9
- due to
- diphtheria (toxin) A36.89
- due to
- Stomatitis (denture) (ulcerative) K12.1
- diphtheritic A36.89
- Peritonitis (adhesive) (bacterial) (fibrinous) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (localized) (perforative) (primary) (with adhesions) (with effusion) K65.9
- diphtheritic A36.89
- Tracheitis (catarrhal) (infantile) (membranous) (plastic) (septal) (suppurative) (viral) J04.10
- diphtheritic (membranous) A36.89
- Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) G83.9
Alongside this code 6 same parent — A36.8
Additional references
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