A15.6 Tuberculous pleurisy

Coding Notes

Active
Billable, valid for HIPAA-covered transactions

Type 1 Excludes

primary respiratory tuberculosis (A15.7)

Applicable To

Tuberculosis of pleura Tuberculous empyema

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Back Reference of Diagnostic Codes

Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) K66.0
Effusion
Empyema (acute) (chest) (double) (pleura) (supradiaphragmatic) (thorax) J86.9
Fistula (cutaneous) L98.8
Hemothorax (bacterial) (nontuberculous) J94.2
Hydrothorax (double) (pleura) J94.8
tuberculous NEC (non primary) A15.6
Pleurisy (acute) (adhesive) (chronic) (costal) (diaphragmatic) (double) (dry) (fibrinous) (fibrous) (interlobar) (latent) (plastic) (primary) (residual) (sicca) (sterile) (subacute) (unresolved) R09.1
with
tuberculous (non primary) A15.6
tuberculous (with effusion) (non primary) A15.6
Pyopneumothorax (infective) J86.9
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) A15.9
pleura, pleural, pleurisy, pleuritis (fibrinous) (obliterative) (purulent) (simple plastic) (with effusion) A15.6

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Code Title
A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
A15-A19 Tuberculosis (A15-A19)
A15 Respiratory tuberculosis
A15.6 Tuberculous pleurisy
Type 1 Excludes
primary respiratory tuberculosis (A15.7)

Applicable to
Tuberculosis of pleura Tuberculous empyema