Tuberculosis of heart
Billable / specific
A18.84 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
- Tuberculous cardiomyopathy
- Tuberculous endocarditis
- Tuberculous myocarditis
- Tuberculous pericarditis
Includes (from A18)
- 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 A18)
- nonspecific reaction to test for tuberculosis without active tuberculosis (R76.1-) (from A18)
- pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis, any type in A15 (J65) (from A18)
- positive PPD (R76.11) (from A18)
- positive tuberculin skin test without active tuberculosis (R76.11) (from A18)
- sequelae of tuberculosis (B90.-) (from A18)
- silicotuberculosis (J65) (from A18)
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from A18)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from A18)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from A18)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from A18)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from A18)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Tuberculous cardiomyopathy
- Tuberculous endocarditis
- Tuberculous myocarditis
- Tuberculous pericarditis
- Adhesions, adhesive, pericardium, tuberculous
- Cardiomyopathy, tuberculous
- Myocarditis, tuberculous
- Pericarditis, fibrinocaseous
- Pericarditis, tuberculous
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, adherent pericardium
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, cardiomyopathy
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, endocarditis
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, endocarditis, aortic
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, endocarditis, mitral
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, endocarditis, pulmonary
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, endocarditis, tricuspid
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, heart
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, myocardium, myocarditis
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous, pericardium, pericarditis
Parent code
- A18.8Tuberculosis of other specified organsHeader