A15.8 – Other respiratory tuberculosis
Coding Notes
Active
Billable, valid for HIPAA-covered transactions
Applicable To
Mediastinal tuberculosis
Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis
Tuberculosis of nose
Tuberculosis of sinus [any nasal]
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Mediastinitis
(acute) (chronic)
J98.51
Pansinusitis
(chronic) (hyperplastic) (nonpurulent) (purulent)
J32.4
Pharyngitis
(acute) (catarrhal)(gangrenous) (infective) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pseudomembranous) (simple) (subacute) (suppurative) (ulcerative) (viral)
J02.9
Tonsillitis
(acute) (catarrhal) (croupous) (follicular) (gangrenous) (infective) (lacunar) (lingual) (malignant) (membranous) (parenchymatous) (phlegmonous) (pseudomembranous) (purulent) (septic) (subacute) (suppurative) (toxic) (ulcerative) (vesicular) (viral)
J03.90
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous
(calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative)
A15.9
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 |
A15.8 |
Other respiratory tuberculosis
Applicable to
Mediastinal tuberculosis
Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis
Tuberculosis of nose
Tuberculosis of sinus [any nasal]
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