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J36

Peritonsillar abscess

Instruction Source: J36

Peritonsillar abscess

Excludes 1 (Mutually Exclusive)

  • acute tonsillitis (J03.-)
  • chronic tonsillitis (J35.0)
  • retropharyngeal abscess (J39.0)
  • tonsillitis NOS (J03.9-)

Inclusion Terms

  • abscess of tonsil
  • peritonsillar cellulitis
  • quinsy
Instruction Source: J30-J39

Other diseases of upper respiratory tract (J30-J39)

Instruction Source: J00-J99

Diseases of the respiratory system

Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • smoke inhalation (T59.81-)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Clinical Notes

  • When a respiratory condition is described as occurring in more than one site and is not specifically indexed, it should be classified to the lower anatomic site (e.g. tracheobronchitis to bronchitis in J40).
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