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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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Respiratory tuberculosis
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2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A15.9
Respiratory tuberculosis unspecified
2016 2017 2018 Billable/Specific Code
- A15.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2018 edition of ICD-10-CM A15.9 became effective on October 1, 2017.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A15.9 - other international versions of ICD-10 A15.9 may differ.
The following code(s) above
A15.9 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
A15.9:
- Maternal tuberculosis (tb) in pregnancy
- Maternal tuberculosis (tb) in pregnancy, after childbirth
- Maternal tuberculosis (tb) in pregnancy, after chldbirth
- Maternal tuberculosis during pregnancy - baby not yet delivered
- Postpartum tuberculosis
- Pulmonary tuberculosis (tb)
- Respiratory tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis (tb) in childbirth
- Tuberculosis (tb), extrapulmonary
- Tuberculosis in childbirth
- Tuberculosis, extrapulmonary
ICD-10-CM A15.9 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v35.0):
- 177 Respiratory infections and inflammations with mcc
- 178 Respiratory infections and inflammations with cc
- 179 Respiratory infections and inflammations without cc/mcc
- 974 Hiv with major related condition with mcc
- 975 Hiv with major related condition with cc
- 976 Hiv with major related condition without cc/mcc
Convert A15.9 to ICD-9-CM
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
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) A15.9
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To A15.9
A08.4 Viral intestinal infection, unspecified
A08.8 Other specified intestinal infections
A09 Infectious gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified
A15 Respiratory tuberculosis
A15.0 Tuberculosis of lung
A15.4 Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes
A15.5 Tuberculosis of larynx, trachea and bronchus
A15.6 Tuberculous pleurisy
A15.7 Primary respiratory tuberculosis
A15.8 Other respiratory tuberculosis
A15.9
Respiratory tuberculosis unspecified
A17 Tuberculosis of nervous system
A17.0 Tuberculous meningitis
A17.1 Meningeal tuberculoma
A17.8 Other tuberculosis of nervous system
A17.81 Tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord
A17.82 Tuberculous meningoencephalitis
A17.89 Other tuberculosis of nervous system
A17.9 Tuberculosis of nervous system, unspecified
A18 Tuberculosis of other organs
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
