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List of Diseases and Injuries

Tuberculosis (A15-A19)


Includes: infections due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis
Use Additional Code: code, if applicable, for associated cachexia (E88.A)
Excludes 1: congenital tuberculosis (P37.0)
› nonspecific reaction to test for tuberculosis without active tuberculosis (R76.1-)
› pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis, any type in A15 (J65)
› positive PPD (R76.11)
› positive tuberculin skin test without active tuberculosis (R76.11)
› sequelae of tuberculosis (B90.-)
› silicotuberculosis (J65)

A15Respiratory tuberculosis

A15.0Tuberculosis of lung
› Tuberculous bronchiectasis
› Tuberculous fibrosis of lung
› Tuberculous pneumonia
› Tuberculous pneumothorax

A15.4Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes
› Tuberculosis of hilar lymph nodes
› Tuberculosis of mediastinal lymph nodes
› Tuberculosis of tracheobronchial lymph nodes
Excludes 1: tuberculosis specified as primary (A15.7)

A15.5Tuberculosis of larynx, trachea and bronchus
› Tuberculosis of bronchus
› Tuberculosis of glottis
› Tuberculosis of larynx
› Tuberculosis of trachea

A15.6Tuberculous pleurisy
› Tuberculosis of pleura Tuberculous empyema
Excludes 1: primary respiratory tuberculosis (A15.7)

A15.7Primary respiratory tuberculosis

A15.8Other respiratory tuberculosis
› Mediastinal tuberculosis
› Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis
› Tuberculosis of nose
› Tuberculosis of sinus [any nasal]

A15.9Respiratory tuberculosis unspecified

A17Tuberculosis of nervous system

A17.0Tuberculous meningitis
› Tuberculosis of meninges (cerebral)(spinal)
› Tuberculous leptomeningitis
Excludes 1: tuberculous meningoencephalitis (A17.82)

A17.1Meningeal tuberculoma
› Tuberculoma of meninges (cerebral) (spinal)
Excludes 2: tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord (A17.81)

A17.8Other tuberculosis of nervous system

A17.81Tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord
› Tuberculous abscess of brain and spinal cord

A17.82Tuberculous meningoencephalitis
› Tuberculous myelitis

A17.83Tuberculous neuritis
› Tuberculous mononeuropathy

A17.89Other tuberculosis of nervous system
› Tuberculous polyneuropathy

A17.9Tuberculosis of nervous system, unspecified

A18Tuberculosis of other organs

A18.0Tuberculosis of bones and joints

A18.01Tuberculosis of spine
› Pott's disease or curvature of spine
› Tuberculous arthritis
› Tuberculous osteomyelitis of spine
› Tuberculous spondylitis

A18.02Tuberculous arthritis of other joints
› Tuberculosis of hip (joint)
› Tuberculosis of knee (joint)

A18.03Tuberculosis of other bones
› Tuberculous mastoiditis
› Tuberculous osteomyelitis

A18.09Other musculoskeletal tuberculosis
› Tuberculous myositis
› Tuberculous synovitis
› Tuberculous tenosynovitis

A18.1Tuberculosis of genitourinary system

A18.10Tuberculosis of genitourinary system, unspecified

A18.11Tuberculosis of kidney and ureter

A18.12Tuberculosis of bladder

A18.13Tuberculosis of other urinary organs
› Tuberculous urethritis

A18.14Tuberculosis of prostate

A18.15Tuberculosis of other male genital organs

A18.16Tuberculosis of cervix

A18.17Tuberculous female pelvic inflammatory disease
› Tuberculous endometritis
› Tuberculous oophoritis and salpingitis

A18.18Tuberculosis of other female genital organs
› Tuberculous ulceration of vulva

A18.2Tuberculous peripheral lymphadenopathy
› Tuberculous adenitis
Excludes 2: tuberculosis of bronchial and mediastinal lymph nodes (A15.4)
› tuberculosis of mesenteric and retroperitoneal lymph nodes (A18.39)
› tuberculous tracheobronchial adenopathy (A15.4)

A18.3Tuberculosis of intestines, peritoneum and mesenteric glands

A18.31Tuberculous peritonitis
› Tuberculous ascites

A18.32Tuberculous enteritis
› Tuberculosis of anus and rectum
› Tuberculosis of intestine (large) (small)

A18.39Retroperitoneal tuberculosis
› Tuberculosis of mesenteric glands
› Tuberculosis of retroperitoneal (lymph glands)

A18.4Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous tissue
› Erythema induratum, tuberculous
› Lupus exedens
› Lupus vulgaris NOS
› Lupus vulgaris of eyelid
› Scrofuloderma
› Tuberculosis of external ear
Excludes 2: lupus erythematosus (L93.-)
› systemic lupus erythematosus (M32.-)

A18.5Tuberculosis of eye
Excludes 2: lupus vulgaris of eyelid (A18.4)

A18.50Tuberculosis of eye, unspecified

A18.51Tuberculous episcleritis

A18.52Tuberculous keratitis
› Tuberculous interstitial keratitis
› Tuberculous keratoconjunctivitis (interstitial) (phlyctenular)

A18.53Tuberculous chorioretinitis

A18.54Tuberculous iridocyclitis

A18.59Other tuberculosis of eye
› Tuberculous conjunctivitis

A18.6Tuberculosis of (inner) (middle) ear
› Tuberculous otitis media
Excludes 2: tuberculosis of external ear (A18.4)
› tuberculous mastoiditis (A18.03)

A18.7Tuberculosis of adrenal glands
› Tuberculous Addison's disease

A18.8Tuberculosis of other specified organs

A18.81Tuberculosis of thyroid gland

A18.82Tuberculosis of other endocrine glands
› Tuberculosis of pituitary gland
› Tuberculosis of thymus gland

A18.83Tuberculosis of digestive tract organs, not elsewhere classified
Excludes 1: tuberculosis of intestine (A18.32)

A18.84Tuberculosis of heart
› Tuberculous cardiomyopathy
› Tuberculous endocarditis
› Tuberculous myocarditis
› Tuberculous pericarditis

A18.85Tuberculosis of spleen

A18.89Tuberculosis of other sites
› Tuberculosis of muscle
› Tuberculous cerebral arteritis

A19Miliary tuberculosis
Includes: disseminated tuberculosis
› generalized tuberculosis
› tuberculous polyserositis

A19.0Acute miliary tuberculosis of a single specified site

A19.1Acute miliary tuberculosis of multiple sites

A19.2Acute miliary tuberculosis, unspecified

A19.8Other miliary tuberculosis

A19.9Miliary tuberculosis, unspecified