A15.0 TUBERCULOSIS OF LUNG

Diagnosis Code: A15.0

Short Description: Tuberculosis of lung

Long Description: Tuberculosis of lung

The code A15.0 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

• Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
  • Tuberculosis (A15-A19)
    • Respiratory tuberculosis (A15)
      • A15.0 Tuberculosis of lung

Code Version: 2019 ICD-10-CM

Synonyms

• Abscess of lung
• Antibiotic resistant tuberculosis
• Fibrosis of pleura
• Inactive tuberculosis
• Inactive tuberculosis of lung
• Infiltrative lung tuberculosis
• Isoniazid resistant tuberculosis
• Isoniazid resistant tuberculosis of lung
• Mycobacterial pneumonia
• Nodular tuberculosis of lung
• Post-infective pleural fibrosis
• Post-tuberculous pleural fibrosis
• Pulmonary tuberculosis
• Reactivation tuberculosis
• Reinfection pulmonary tuberculosis
• Relapse pulmonary tuberculosis
• Thickening of pleura
• Tuberculosis of lung with cavitation
• Tuberculosis of lung with involvement of bronchus
• Tuberculosis of lung, bacteriological and histological examination not done
• Tuberculosis of lung, bacteriologically and histologically negative
• Tuberculosis of lung, confirmed by culture only
• Tuberculosis of lung, confirmed by sputum microscopy with or without culture
• Tuberculosis of lung, confirmed histologically
• Tuberculous abscess
• Tuberculous abscess of lung
• Tuberculous bronchiectasis
• Tuberculous fibrosis of lung
• Tuberculous pneumonia
• Tuberculous pneumothorax

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

• Respiratory Infections And Inflammations With Mcc (177)
• Respiratory Infections And Inflammations With Cc (178)
• Respiratory Infections And Inflammations Without Cc/mcc (179)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Inclusion Terms:
  • Tuberculous bronchiectasis
  • Tuberculous fibrosis of lung
  • Tuberculous pneumonia
  • Tuberculous pneumothorax

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code		ICD-9 Code	ICD-9 Description
A15.0		011.90	Pulmonary TB NOS-unspec

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