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2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A18.01
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A18.01
Tuberculosis of spine
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
- A18.01 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 A18.01 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A18.01 - other international versions of ICD-10 A18.01 may differ.
Applicable To- Pott's disease or curvature of spine
- Tuberculous arthritis
- Tuberculous osteomyelitis of spine
- Tuberculous spondylitis
The following code(s) above
A18.01 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
A18.01:
- Tb (tuberculosis) of vertebral column
- Tuberculosis (tb) of vertebra
- Tuberculosis of vertebral column
Clinical Information
- Osteitis or caries of the vertebrae, usually occurring as a complication of tuberculosis of the lungs.
ICD-10-CM A18.01 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
- 456 Spinal fusion except cervical with spinal curvature, malignancy, infection or extensive fusions with mcc
- 457 Spinal fusion except cervical with spinal curvature, malignancy, infection or extensive fusions with cc
- 458 Spinal fusion except cervical with spinal curvature, malignancy, infection or extensive fusions without cc/mcc
- 539 Osteomyelitis with mcc
- 540 Osteomyelitis with cc
- 541 Osteomyelitis 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 A18.01 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
- 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
Code annotations containing back-references to A18.01:
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Type 1 Excludes: M01, M49, M49
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M01
Direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
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ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M49
Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Code First- underlying disease, such as:
- brucellosis (A23.-)
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (G60.0)
- enterobacterial infections (A01-A04)
- osteitis fibrosa cystica (E21.0)
Includes- curvature of spine in diseases classified elsewhere
- deformity of spine in diseases classified elsewhere
- kyphosis in diseases classified elsewhere
- scoliosis in diseases classified elsewhere
- spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere
Type 1 Excludes- curvature of spine in tuberculosis [Pott's] (A18.01)
- enteropathic arthropathies (M07.-)
- gonococcal spondylitis (A54.41)
- neuropathic [tabes dorsalis] spondylitis (A52.11)
- neuropathic spondylopathy in syringomyelia (G95.0)
- neuropathic spondylopathy in tabes dorsalis (A52.11)
- nonsyphilitic neuropathic spondylopathy NEC (G98.0)
- spondylitis in syphilis (acquired) (A52.77)
- tuberculous spondylitis (A18.01)
- typhoid fever spondylitis (A01.05)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M49
Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Code First- underlying disease, such as:
- brucellosis (A23.-)
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (G60.0)
- enterobacterial infections (A01-A04)
- osteitis fibrosa cystica (E21.0)
Includes- curvature of spine in diseases classified elsewhere
- deformity of spine in diseases classified elsewhere
- kyphosis in diseases classified elsewhere
- scoliosis in diseases classified elsewhere
- spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere
Type 1 Excludes- curvature of spine in tuberculosis [Pott's] (A18.01)
- enteropathic arthropathies (M07.-)
- gonococcal spondylitis (A54.41)
- neuropathic [tabes dorsalis] spondylitis (A52.11)
- neuropathic spondylopathy in syringomyelia (G95.0)
- neuropathic spondylopathy in tabes dorsalis (A52.11)
- nonsyphilitic neuropathic spondylopathy NEC (G98.0)
- spondylitis in syphilis (acquired) (A52.77)
- tuberculous spondylitis (A18.01)
- typhoid fever spondylitis (A01.05)
- Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) L02.91
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L02.91
Cutaneous abscess, unspecified
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- Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute) M19.90
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M19.90
Unspecified osteoarthritis, unspecified site
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Applicable To- Arthrosis NOS
- Arthritis NOS
- Osteoarthritis NOS
- spine - see also Spondylosis
- tuberculous A18.02
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A18.02
Tuberculous arthritis of other joints
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Tuberculosis of hip (joint)
- Tuberculosis of knee (joint)
- Caries
- sacrum A18.01 (tuberculous)
- spine, spinal A18.01 (column) (tuberculous)
- vertebra A18.01 (column) (tuberculous)
- Chondritis M94.8X9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M94.8X9
Other specified disorders of cartilage, unspecified sites
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- tuberculous NEC A18.02
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A18.02
Tuberculous arthritis of other joints
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Tuberculosis of hip (joint)
- Tuberculosis of knee (joint)
- Curvature
- Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
- Fistula (cutaneous) L98.8
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L98.8
Other specified disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
- lumbar, tuberculous A18.01
- Granuloma L92.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L92.9
Granulomatous disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified
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- Kyphoscoliosis, kyphoscoliotic (acquired) M41.9 - see also Scoliosis
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M41.9
Scoliosis, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
- Kyphosis, kyphotic (acquired) M40.209
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M40.209
Unspecified kyphosis, site unspecified
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- Lordosis M40.50
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M40.50
Lordosis, unspecified, site unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
- Necrosis, necrotic (ischemic) - see also Gangrene
- Paraplegia (lower) G82.20
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G82.20
Paraplegia, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
- Pott's
- curvature A18.01 (spinal)
- disease or paraplegia A18.01
- spinal curvature A18.01
- Rust's disease A18.01 (tuberculous cervical spondylitis)
- Scoliosis (acquired) (postural) M41.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M41.9
Scoliosis, unspecified
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- Spondylitis (chronic) - see also Spondylopathy, inflammatory
- in (due to)
- tuberculous A18.01
- 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
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- 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
- bone A18.03
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A18.03
Tuberculosis of other bones
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Tuberculous mastoiditis
- Tuberculous osteomyelitis
- sacrum A18.01
- spinal A18.01
- vertebra A18.01
- joint NEC A18.02
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A18.02
Tuberculous arthritis of other joints
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Tuberculosis of hip (joint)
- Tuberculosis of knee (joint)
- lumbar A18.01 (spine)
- sacrum A18.01
- spine or vertebra A18.01 (column)
- arthritis (chronic) (synovial) A18.02
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A18.02
Tuberculous arthritis of other joints
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Tuberculosis of hip (joint)
- Tuberculosis of knee (joint)
- spine or vertebra A18.01 (column)
- bone A18.03
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A18.03
Tuberculosis of other bones
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Tuberculous mastoiditis
- Tuberculous osteomyelitis
- sacrum A18.01
- spine or vertebral column A18.01
- cartilage A18.02
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A18.02
Tuberculous arthritis of other joints
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Tuberculosis of hip (joint)
- Tuberculosis of knee (joint)
- joint A18.02
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A18.02
Tuberculous arthritis of other joints
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Tuberculosis of hip (joint)
- Tuberculosis of knee (joint)
- spine, spinal (column) A18.01
- synovitis A18.09
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A18.09
Other musculoskeletal tuberculosis
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Tuberculous myositis
- Tuberculous synovitis
- Tuberculous tenosynovitis
- tenosynovitis A18.09
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A18.09
Other musculoskeletal tuberculosis
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Tuberculous myositis
- Tuberculous synovitis
- Tuberculous tenosynovitis
- curvature, spine A18.01
- kyphosis, kyphoscoliosis A18.01
- lordosis A18.01
- sacroiliac A18.01 (joint)
- sacrum A18.01
- scoliosis A18.01
- spondylitis A18.01
- vertebra A18.01 (column)
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative
- spine A18.01 (tuberculous)
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To A18.01
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
A18.0 Tuberculosis of bones and joints
A18.01
Tuberculosis of spine
A18.02 Tuberculous arthritis of other joints
A18.03 Tuberculosis of other bones
A18.09 Other musculoskeletal tuberculosis
A18.1 Tuberculosis of genitourinary system
A18.11 Tuberculosis of kidney and ureter
A18.12 Tuberculosis of bladder
A18.13 Tuberculosis of other urinary organs
A18.14 Tuberculosis of prostate
A18.15 Tuberculosis of other male genital organs
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
