ICD-10 codes for Tuberculosis

The primary ICD-10-CM codes for tuberculosis are A15, A15.0, A15.9. Across all sub-categories, 61 codes are grouped under tuberculosis, with 51 marked as billable (specific enough for a medical claim).

There are 61 ICD-10-CM codes related to tuberculosis. Of these, 51 are billable specific codes and 10 are non-billable header categories that organize the specific codes underneath them. Header codes cannot be reported on a claim by themselves.

Yes. 51 of the 61 ICD-10-CM codes for tuberculosis are billable. Common examples include A15.0 (Tuberculosis of lung); A15.4 (Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes); A15.5 (Tuberculosis of larynx, trachea and bronchus). Code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation.

The most commonly used billable codes for tuberculosis include: A15.0 (Tuberculosis of lung); A15.4 (Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes); A15.5 (Tuberculosis of larynx, trachea and bronchus). The correct code depends on the documented clinical presentation, including any complications, episode (acute / chronic), and laterality where applicable. Always code to the highest level of specificity supported by the clinical documentation.

No, A15 (Respiratory tuberculosis) is a non-billable header code. You need to use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

The ICD-10 codes for tuberculosis map to at least 25 SNOMED CT concepts. Examples of SNOMED CT concept IDs in this group include 11999007, 129211000119108, 1362007008, 1362008003, 154283005. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records; AutoICD's coding API returns SNOMED CT IDs alongside each ICD-10 code via the include_snomed=true flag.

The ICD-10 codes for tuberculosis are linked to at least 25 UMLS CUIs in the National Library of Medicine's Metathesaurus. Sample CUIs include C0041327, C0041336, C0152586, C0152600, C0275891. UMLS CUIs unify the same concept across SNOMED CT, ICD-10, ICD-11, RxNorm, MeSH, and dozens of other source vocabularies.

Tuberculosis may also be referred to as: tuberculosis, TB, pulmonary TB, MDR TB, latent TB. The same ICD-10-CM codes apply regardless of which term appears in the clinical documentation. Synonyms are surfaced by AutoICD's NER pass and mapped to the canonical ICD-10 family above.