ICD-10-CM code "A18.8": Tuberculosis of other specified organs (2024)

Excludes

1. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)

   Type 1certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

   Type 2carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)

   Type 2infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)

   Type 2infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)

   Type 2influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)

2. Tuberculosis (A15-A19)

   Type 1congenital tuberculosis (P37.0)

   Type 1nonspecific reaction to test for tuberculosis without active tuberculosis (R76.1-)

   Type 1pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis, any type in A15 (J65)

   Type 1positive PPD (R76.11)

   Type 1positive tuberculin skin test without active tuberculosis (R76.11)

   Type 1sequelae of tuberculosis (B90.-)

   Type 1silicotuberculosis (J65)

3. Tuberculosis of other organs (A18)
4. Tuberculosis of other specified organs (A18.8)

Includes

1. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)

   Includesdiseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

2. Tuberculosis (A15-A19)

   Includesinfections due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis

3. Tuberculosis of other organs (A18)
4. Tuberculosis of other specified organs (A18.8)

Subcategories

• Tuberculosis of thyroid gland (A18.81)
• Tuberculosis of other endocrine glands (A18.82)
• Tuberculosis of digestive tract organs, not elsewhere classified (A18.83)
• Tuberculosis of heart (A18.84)
• Tuberculosis of spleen (A18.85)
• Tuberculosis of other sites (A18.89)