A17.0

Tuberculous meningitis

Billable / specific

A17.0 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

  • Tuberculosis of meninges (cerebral)(spinal)
  • Tuberculous leptomeningitis

Includes (from A17)

  • 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.

  • tuberculous meningoencephalitis (A17.82)
  • congenital tuberculosis (P37.0) (from A17)
  • nonspecific reaction to test for tuberculosis without active tuberculosis (R76.1-) (from A17)
  • pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis, any type in A15 (J65) (from A17)
  • positive PPD (R76.11) (from A17)
  • positive tuberculin skin test without active tuberculosis (R76.11) (from A17)
  • sequelae of tuberculosis (B90.-) (from A17)
  • silicotuberculosis (J65) (from A17)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from A17)
  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from A17)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from A17)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from A17)
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from A17)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-) (from A17)
  • code, if applicable, for associated cachexia (E88.A) (from A17)

Also known as

  • Tuberculosis of meninges (cerebral)(spinal)
  • Tuberculous leptomeningitis
  • Adhesions, adhesive, meninges, tuberculous
  • Meningitis, caseous
  • Meningitis, tuberculous
  • Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, abscess, meninges
  • Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, arachnoid
  • Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, cerebrospinal, meninges
  • Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, dura
  • Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, leptomeninges, leptomeningitis
  • Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, meninges, meningitis
  • Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, pachymeningitis
  • Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, spine, spinal, membrane
  • Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, spine, spinal, meninges

Parent code

  • A17Tuberculosis of nervous systemHeader

Related codes

  • A17.1Meningeal tuberculomaBillable
  • A17.8Other tuberculosis of nervous systemHeader
  • A17.9Tuberculosis of nervous system, unspecifiedBillable

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