1. ICD-10-CM Codes
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3. A15-A19
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5. 2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A17.0

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A17.0

Tuberculous meningitis

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code

• A17.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM A17.0 became effective on October 1, 2022.
• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A17.0 - other international versions of ICD-10 A17.0 may differ.

• Tuberculosis (tb) of meninges
• Tuberculosis of meninges

• A bacterial infection of the membranes covering the brain and the spinal cord caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis.
• A form of bacterial meningitis caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis or rarely mycobacterium bovis. The organism seeds the meninges and forms microtuberculomas which subsequently rupture. The clinical course tends to be subacute, with progressions occurring over a period of several days or longer. Headache and meningeal irritation may be followed by seizures, cranial neuropathies, focal neurologic deficits, somnolence, and eventually coma. The illness may occur in immunocompetent individuals or as an opportunistic infection in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and other immunodeficiency syndromes. (from Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp717-9)

• 023 Craniotomy with major device implant or acute complex cns principal diagnosis with mcc or chemotherapy implant or epilepsy with neurostimulator
• 024 Craniotomy with major device implant or acute complex cns principal diagnosis without mcc
• 094 Bacterial and tuberculous infections of nervous system with mcc
• 095 Bacterial and tuberculous infections of nervous system with cc
• 096 Bacterial and tuberculous infections of nervous system 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 A17.0 to ICD-9-CM

• 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
• 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
• 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

• Type 1 Excludes: G01
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G01

  Meningitis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhere

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Manifestation Code

  Code First

  • underlying disease

  Type 1 Excludes

  • meningitis (in):
  • gonococcal (A54.81)
  • leptospirosis (A27.81)
  • listeriosis (A32.11)
  • Lyme disease (A69.21)
  • meningococcal (A39.0)
  • neurosyphilis (A52.13)
  • tuberculosis (A17.0)
  • meningoencephalitis and meningomyelitis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhere (G05)

• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) K66.0
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K66.0

  Peritoneal adhesions (postprocedural) (postinfection)

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  Applicable To

  • Adhesions (of) abdominal (wall)
  • Adhesions (of) diaphragm
  • Adhesions (of) intestine
  • Adhesions (of) male pelvis
  • Adhesions (of) omentum
  • Adhesions (of) stomach
  • Adhesive bands
  • Mesenteric adhesions

  Type 1 Excludes

  • female pelvic adhesions [bands] (N73.6)
  • peritoneal adhesions with intestinal obstruction (K56.5-)
  • meninges (cerebral) (spinal) G96.12
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G96.12

    Meningeal adhesions (cerebral) (spinal)

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    • tuberculous A17.0 (cerebral) (spinal)
• Meningitis (basal) (basic) (brain) (cerebral) (cervical) (congestive) (diffuse) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (membranous) (metastatic) (nonspecific) (pontine) (progressive) (simple) (spinal) (subacute) (sympathetic) (toxic) G03.9
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G03.9

  Meningitis, unspecified

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code

  Applicable To

  • Arachnoiditis (spinal) NOS
  • caseous A17.0 (tuberculous)
  • tuberculous A17.0
• 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 Diagnosis Code A15.9

  Respiratory tuberculosis unspecified

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  • abscess (respiratory) A15.9
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A15.9

    Respiratory tuberculosis unspecified

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    • meninges A17.0 (cerebral) (spinal)
  • cerebrospinal A17.81
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A17.81

    Tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code

    Applicable To

    • Tuberculous abscess of brain and spinal cord
    • meninges A17.0
  • dura (mater) (cerebral) (spinal) A17.0
  • spine, spinal (column) A18.01
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A18.01

    Tuberculosis of spine

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code

    Applicable To

    • Pott's disease or curvature of spine
    • Tuberculous arthritis
    • Tuberculous osteomyelitis of spine
    • Tuberculous spondylitis
    • membrane A17.0
    • meninges A17.0
  • arachnoid A17.0
  • leptomeninges, leptomeningitis A17.0 (cerebral) (spinal)
  • meninges, meningitis A17.0 (basilar) (cerebral) (cerebrospinal) (spinal)
  • pachymeningitis A17.0

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.