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A18.01 - Tuberculosis of spine


The ICD 10 Code for Tuberculosis of spine is listed as A18.01.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: A18.01
Description: Tuberculosis of spine
  • Pott's disease or curvature of spine
  • Tuberculous arthritis
  • Tuberculous osteomyelitis of spine
  • Tuberculous spondylitis
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
456 - Spinal Fus Exc Cerv W Spinal Curv/malig/infec Or 9+ Fus W Mcc
457 - Spinal Fus Exc Cerv W Spinal Curv/malig/infec Or 9+ Fus W Cc
458 - Spinal Fus Exc Cerv W Spinal Curv/malig/infec Or 9+ Fus W/o Cc/mcc
539 - Osteomyelitis W Mcc
540 - Osteomyelitis W Cc
541 - Osteomyelitis W/o Cc/mcc
974 - Hiv W Major Related Condition W Mcc
975 - Hiv W Major Related Condition W Cc
976 - Hiv W Major Related Condition W/o Cc/mcc
Chapter Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
Block Tuberculosis (A15-A19)
Parent A18.0 - Tuberculosis of bones and joints
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 015.00 - Tuberculosis of vertebral column, unspecified (approximate)
ICD 9 Dx Code: Combination:
015.00 - Tuberculosis of vertebral column, unspecified
with
737.40 - Curvature of spine, unspecified, associated with other conditions
ICD 9 Dx Code: Combination:
015.00 - Tuberculosis of vertebral column, unspecified
with
711.48 - Arthropathy associated with other bacterial diseases, other specified sites
ICD 9 Dx Code: Combination:
015.00 - Tuberculosis of vertebral column, unspecified
with
730.88 - Other infections involving bone in diseases classified elsewhere, other specified sites
ICD 9 Dx Code: Combination:
015.00 - Tuberculosis of vertebral column, unspecified
with
720.81 - Inflammatory spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of A18.01:
A18.02 - Tuberculous arthritis of other joints
A18.03 - Tuberculosis of other bones
A18.09 - Other musculoskeletal tuberculosis