A15.5 Tuberculosis of larynx, trachea and bronchus

Coding Notes

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Applicable To

Tuberculosis of bronchus
Tuberculosis of glottis
Tuberculosis of larynx
Tuberculosis of trachea

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Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous) J40
caseous (tuberculous) A15.5
Fistula (cutaneous) L98.8
Laryngitis (acute) (edematous) (fibrinous) (infective) (infiltrative) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pneumococcal) (pseudomembranous) (septic) (subglottic) (suppurative) (ulcerative) J04.0
Laryngotracheitis (acute) (Infectional) (infective) (viral) J04.2
Stenosis, stenotic (cicatricial) See also Stricture
Stricture See also Stenosis
Tracheitis (catarrhal) (infantile) (membranous) (plastic) (septal) (suppurative) (viral) J04.10
with
bronchitis (15 years of age and above) J40
laryngitis (acute) J04.2
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) A15.9

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Code Title
A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
A15-A19 Tuberculosis (A15-A19)
A15 Respiratory tuberculosis
A15.5 Tuberculosis of larynx, trachea and bronchus
Applicable to
Tuberculosis of bronchus
Tuberculosis of glottis
Tuberculosis of larynx
Tuberculosis of trachea