A18.2 Tuberculous peripheral lymphadenopathy

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Tyoe 2 Excludes

tuberculosis of bronchial and mediastinal lymph nodes (A15.4)
tuberculosis of mesenteric and retroperitoneal lymph nodes (A18.39)
tuberculous tracheobronchial adenopathy (A15.4)

Applicable To

Tuberculous adenitis

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Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) L02.91
scrofulous (tuberculous) A18.2
Adenitis See also Lymphadenitis
scrofulous (tuberculous) A18.2
scrofulous (tuberculous) A18.2
Disease, diseased See also Syndrome
scrofulous (tuberculous) A18.2
Scrofula, scrofulosis (tuberculosis of cervical lymph glands) A18.2
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
cervical (lymph gland or node) A18.2
lymph gland or node (peripheral) A18.2
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative
scrofulous (tuberculous) A18.2
strumous (tuberculous) A18.2

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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
A18.2 Tuberculous peripheral lymphadenopathy
Type 2 Excludes
tuberculosis of bronchial and mediastinal lymph nodes (A15.4)
tuberculosis of mesenteric and retroperitoneal lymph nodes (A18.39)
tuberculous tracheobronchial adenopathy (A15.4)

Applicable to
Tuberculous adenitis