032.3 LARYNGEAL DIPHTHERIA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 032.3

Short Description: Laryngeal diphtheria

Long Description: Laryngeal diphtheria

Code Classification:

  • Infectious and parasitic diseases (001–139)
    • Other bacterial diseases (030-041)
      • 032 Diphtheria
        • 032.3 Laryngeal diphtheria

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 032.3 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Angina (attack) (cardiac) (chest) (effort) (heart) (pectoris) (syndrome) (vasomotor) 413.9
    • stridulous, diphtheritic 032.3
  • Croup, croupous (acute) (angina) (catarrhal) (infective) (inflammatory) (laryngeal) (membranous) (nondiphtheritic) (pseudomembranous) 464.4
    • diphtheritic (membranous) 032.3
    • spasmodic 478.75
      • diphtheritic 032.3
    • stridulous 478.75
      • diphtheritic 032.3
  • Cynanche
    • diphtheritic 032.3
  • Diphtheria, diphtheritic (gangrenous) (hemorrhagic) 032.9
    • laryngeal 032.3
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
    • larynx (see also Laryngitis) 464.00
      • diphtheritic 032.3
  • Laryngismus (acute) (infectious) (stridulous) 478.75
    • diphtheritic 032.3
  • Laryngitis (acute) (edematous) (fibrinous) (gangrenous) (infective) (infiltrative) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pneumococcal) (pseudomembranous) (septic) (subglottic) (suppurative) (ulcerative) (viral) 464.00
    • diphtheritic (membranous) 032.3
  • Laryngotracheitis (acute) (infectional) (viral) (see also Laryngitis) 464.20
    • diphtheritic (membranous) 032.3
  • Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) 344.9
    • larynx (see also Paralysis, vocal cord) 478.30
      • due to diphtheria (toxin) 032.3
  • Tracheitis (acute) (catarrhal) (infantile) (membranous) (plastic) (pneumococcal) (septic) (suppurative) (viral) 464.10
    • diphtheritic (membranous) 032.3
      • due to external agent - see Inflammation, respiratory, upper, due to
  • Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative 707.9
    • larynx (aphthous) (contact) 478.79
      • diphtheritic 032.3

Crosswalk Information

The code 032.3 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
032.3 Right Arrow A36.2 Laryngeal diphtheria
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
032.0 Faucial diphtheria
032.1 Nasopharyngeal diphtheria
032.2 Anterior nasal diphtheria
032.81 Conjunctival diphtheria
032.82 Diphtheritic myocarditis
032.83 Diphtheritic peritonitis
032.84 Diphtheritic cystitis
032.85 Cutaneous diphtheria
032.89 Other specified diphtheria
032.9 Diphtheria, unspecified


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