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01Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Other bacterial diseases
1C17Diphtheria

1C17.3 category

Cutaneous diphtheria

Exclusions

Erythrasma (1C44)

Also indexed as

Cutaneous diphtheriadiphtheria wound infection

Nearby in Diphtheria

1C17.0Pharyngeal or tonsillar diphtheria
1C17.1Nasal diphtheria
1C17.2Laryngeal diphtheria
4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified

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1B10-1B2ZMycobacterial diseases
1B40-1B5ZCertain staphylococcal or streptococcal diseases
1B70-1B7ZPyogenic bacterial infections of the skin or subcutaneous tissues
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1C13Tetanus
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1C17.0Pharyngeal or tonsillar diphtheria
1C17.1Nasal diphtheria
1C17.2Laryngeal diphtheria
1C17.3Cutaneous diphtheria
4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified

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