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
GEM Conversion to ICD-9 CM
Fs: 10000
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Tuberculous pleurisy, unspecified
MDC / MS-DRG Reference
Back Reference of Diagnostic Codes
Adhesions, adhesive
(postinfective)
K66.0
Effusion
Hemothorax
(bacterial) (nontuberculous)
J94.2
Hydrothorax
(double) (pleura)
J94.8
tuberculous NEC
(non primary)
A15.6
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
Sibling Codes
Parent Sibling Codes
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Code | Title |
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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
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