A17.81 Tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord

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Tuberculous abscess of brain and spinal cord

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Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) L02.91
brain (any part) (cystic) (otogenic) G06.0
spinal cord (any part) (staphylococcal) G06.1
Degeneration, degenerative
spinal (cord) G31.89
Tubercle See also Tuberculosis
Tuberculoma 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
abscess (respiratory) A15.9
dura (mater) (cerebral) (spinal) A17.81
epidural (cerebral) (spinal) A17.81
dura (mater) (cerebral) (spinal) A17.0
abscess (cerebral) (spinal) A17.81
epidural abscess (cerebral) (spinal) A17.81

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A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
A15-A19 Tuberculosis (A15-A19)
A17 Tuberculosis of nervous system
A17.8 Other tuberculosis of nervous system
A17.81 Tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord
Applicable to
Tuberculous abscess of brain and spinal cord