A15.7 – Primary respiratory tuberculosis
Coding Notes
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Adenopathy
(lymph gland)
R59.9
tuberculous
See also Tuberculosis, lymph gland
Complex
Effusion
Epituberculosis
(with atelectasis) (allergic)
A15.7
Infection, infected, infective
(opportunistic)
B99.9
with
tuberculous
(non primary)
A15.6
tuberculous
(with effusion) (non primary)
A15.6
Tubercle
See also Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous
(calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative)
A15.9
lymph gland or node
(peripheral)
A18.2
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 |
A15.7 | Primary respiratory tuberculosis |