Tuberculosis of spleen

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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Tuberculosis of spleen

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.

Splenitis > tuberculous
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous > spleen, splenitis

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
A18.81	Tuberculosis of thyroid gland	Valid
A18.82	Tuberculosis of other endocrine glands	Valid
A18.83	Tuberculosis of digestive tract organs, not elsewhere classified	Valid
A18.84	Tuberculosis of heart	Valid
A18.89	Tuberculosis of other sites	Valid