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A18.11

Tuberculosis of kidney and ureter

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Tuberculosis of kidney and ureter

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from the A15-A19 section Tuberculosis (A15-A19)

Excludes1 - never coded here

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

Use additional code

  • code, if applicable, for associated cachexia (E88.A)

Includes

  • infections due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Showing 40 of 49 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
A18.10 Tuberculosis of genitourinary system, unspecified Valid
A18.12 Tuberculosis of bladder Valid
A18.13 Tuberculosis of other urinary organs Valid
A18.14 Tuberculosis of prostate Valid
A18.15 Tuberculosis of other male genital organs Valid
A18.16 Tuberculosis of cervix Valid
A18.17 Tuberculous female pelvic inflammatory disease Valid
A18.18 Tuberculosis of other female genital organs Valid