ICD-10-CM › A00-B99 › A30-A49 › A36.8 Other diphtheria › A36.89
A36.89
Other diphtheritic complications
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Other diphtheritic complications
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Adenitis
- Omentitis
- Congestive
- Epiploitis
- Polyadenitis
- Enteroperitonitis
- Irritation > peritoneum
- Congestion, congestive > trachea
- Infection, infected, infective > peritoneal
- Infection, infected, infective > diphtherial
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > gland
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > trachea
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > peritoneum
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > retroperitoneal
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > lymph gland or node
- Infection, infected, infective > Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- Stomatitis > diphtheritic
- Tracheitis > diphtheritic
- Peritonitis > diphtheritic
- Lymphadenitis > due to > diphtheria
- Diphtheria, diphtheritic > nasal, anterior
- Diphtheria, diphtheritic > specified site NEC
- Paralysis, paralytic > iris > due to diphtheria
- Diphtheria, diphtheritic > neurological complication
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A36.81 | Diphtheritic cardiomyopathy | Valid |
| A36.82 | Diphtheritic radiculomyelitis | Valid |
| A36.83 | Diphtheritic polyneuritis | Valid |
| A36.84 | Diphtheritic tubulo-interstitial nephropathy | Valid |
| A36.85 | Diphtheritic cystitis | Valid |
| A36.86 | Diphtheritic conjunctivitis | Valid |