A36
A36: Diphtheria
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
A36 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for diphtheria. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with A36
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- G63Polyneuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere
- H20.0Acute and subacute iridocyclitis
- I41Myocarditis in diseases classified elsewhere
- I43Cardiomyopathy in diseases classified elsewhere
- J03.8Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms
- K65Peritonitis
- K67Disorders of peritoneum in infectious diseases classified elsewhere
- N16Renal tubulo-interstitial disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead A36
6 child codes. Green means billable.