Quantum error-correcting codes aim to protect information in quantum systems to enable fault-tolerant quantum computations. The most prevalent method, stabilizer codes, has been well developed for many varieties of systems; however, largely the case of a composite number of levels in the system has been avoided. This relative absence is due to the underlying ring theoretic tools required for analyzing such systems. Here we explore composite local-dimension quantum stabilizer codes, providing a pair of constructions for transforming known stabilizer codes into valid ones for composite local dimensions. In addition, remarks on logical encodings and the counts possible are discussed. This work lays out central methods for working with composite dimensional systems, enabling full use of the computational space of some systems and expanding the understanding of the symplectic spaces involved.

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