Other respiratory tuberculosis
Billable / specific
A15.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Mediastinal tuberculosis
- Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis of nose
- Tuberculosis of sinus [any nasal]
Includes (from A15)
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
- infections due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- congenital tuberculosis (P37.0) (from A15)
- nonspecific reaction to test for tuberculosis without active tuberculosis (R76.1-) (from A15)
- pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis, any type in A15 (J65) (from A15)
- positive PPD (R76.11) (from A15)
- positive tuberculin skin test without active tuberculosis (R76.11) (from A15)
- sequelae of tuberculosis (B90.-) (from A15)
- silicotuberculosis (J65) (from A15)
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from A15)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from A15)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from A15)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from A15)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from A15)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Mediastinal tuberculosis
- Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis of nose
- Tuberculosis of sinus [any nasal]
- Mediastinitis, tuberculous
- Pansinusitis, tuberculous
- Pharyngitis, tuberculous
- Rhinitis, tuberculous
- Sinusitis, tuberculous, any sinus
- Tonsillitis, tuberculous
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, abscess, frontal sinus
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, abscess, retropharyngeal
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, adenoids
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, fauces
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, hypopharynx
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, mediastinitis
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, mediastinum
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, nasal
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, nasopharynx
Parent code
- A15Respiratory tuberculosisHeader