A18.01 Tuberculosis of spine

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Pott's disease or curvature of spine
Tuberculous arthritis
Tuberculous osteomyelitis of spine
Tuberculous spondylitis

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Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) L02.91
bone (subperiosteal) See also Osteomyelitis, specified type NEC
spinal (tuberculous) A18.01
spine (tuberculous) A18.01
lumbar (tuberculous) A18.01
sacrum (tuberculous) A18.01
spine (column) (tuberculous) A18.01
vertebra (column) (tuberculous) A18.01
Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute) M19.90
spine See also Spondylosis
Caries
sacrum (tuberculous) A18.01
spine, spinal (column) (tuberculous) A18.01
vertebra (column) (tuberculous) A18.01
Curvature
Pott's (spinal) A18.01
spine (acquired) (angular) (idiopathic) (incorrect) (postural) See Dorsopathy, deforming
due to or associated with
tuberculosis (Pott's curvature) A18.01
Disease, diseased See also Syndrome
spine See also Spondylopathy
Fistula (cutaneous) L98.8
spine
Necrosis, necrotic (ischemic) See also Gangrene
Paraplegia (lower) G82.20
Pott's
curvature (spinal) A18.01
Rust's disease (tuberculous cervical spondylitis) A18.01
Scoliosis (acquired) (postural) M41.9
Spondylitis (chronic) See also Spondylopathy, inflammatory
in (due to)
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
lumbar (spine) A18.01
arthritis (chronic) (synovial) A18.02
sacroiliac (joint) A18.01
vertebra (column) A18.01
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative
spine (tuberculous) A18.01

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Code Title
A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
A15-A19 Tuberculosis (A15-A19)
A18 Tuberculosis of other organs
A18.0 Tuberculosis of bones and joints
A18.01 Tuberculosis of spine
Applicable to
Pott's disease or curvature of spine
Tuberculous arthritis
Tuberculous osteomyelitis of spine
Tuberculous spondylitis