010.15 - Tuberculous Pleurisy In Primary Progressive Tuberculosis, Tubercle Bacilli Not Found By Bacteriological Examination, But Tuberculosis Confirmed Histologically
The ICD 9 Code for
Tuberculous pleurisy in primary progressive tuberculosis, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically is listed as
010.15. Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
| ICD 9 CM Field |
Value |
| Diagnosis Code: |
010.15 |
| Long Description: |
Tuberculous pleurisy in primary progressive tuberculosis, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically |
| Short Description: |
Prim TB pleuris-histo dx |
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| Chapter: |
Infectious And Parasitic Diseases |
| Block: |
Tuberculosis (010-018) |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): |
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| ICD-10-CM Code: |
A15.6 - Tuberculous pleurisy (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 010.15: |
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| 010.10 - Tuberculous pleurisy in primary progressive tuberculosis, unspecified |
| 010.11 - Tuberculous pleurisy in primary progressive tuberculosis, bacteriological or histological examination not done |
| 010.12 - Tuberculous pleurisy in primary progressive tuberculosis, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present) |
| 010.13 - Tuberculous pleurisy in primary progressive tuberculosis, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy |
| 010.14 - Tuberculous pleurisy in primary progressive tuberculosis, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture |
| 010.16 - Tuberculous pleurisy in primary progressive tuberculosis, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals] |
