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ICD-10-CM Codes
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A00-B99
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
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A15-A19
Tuberculosis
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Miliary tuberculosis
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A19
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A19
Miliary tuberculosis
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- A19 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM A19 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A19 - other international versions of ICD-10 A19 may differ.
IncludesIncludes Help
"Includes" further defines, or give examples of, the content of the code or category.
- disseminated tuberculosis
- generalized tuberculosis
- tuberculous polyserositis
The following code(s) above
A19 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
A19:
- An acute form of tuberculosis in which minute tubercles are formed in a number of organs of the body due to dissemination of the bacilli through the blood stream.
- I would say the hematogenous widespread dissemination of tuberculosis in the body. The term derives from the chest x-ray image of the tiny (1-5 mm) tuberculosis lesions which are seen through out the lung parenchyma.
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To A19
A18.59 Other tuberculosis of eye
A18.6 Tuberculosis of (inner) (middle) ear
A18.7 Tuberculosis of adrenal glands
A18.8 Tuberculosis of other specified organs
A18.81 Tuberculosis of thyroid gland
A18.82 Tuberculosis of other endocrine glands
A18.83 Tuberculosis of digestive tract organs, not elsewhere classified
A18.89 Tuberculosis of other sites
A19
Miliary tuberculosis
A19.0 Acute miliary tuberculosis of a single specified site
A19.1 Acute miliary tuberculosis of multiple sites
A19.2 Acute miliary tuberculosis, unspecified
A19.8 Other miliary tuberculosis
A19.9 Miliary tuberculosis, unspecified
A20.1 Cellulocutaneous plague
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
