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012.16 - Tuberculosis Of Intrathoracic Lymph Nodes, Tubercle Bacilli Not Found By Bacteriological Or Histological Examination, But Tuberculosis Confirmed By Other Methods [inoculation Of Animals]


The ICD 9 Code for Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals] is listed as 012.16.
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: 012.16
Long Description: Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals]
Short Description: TB thorax node-oth test
Chapter: Infectious And Parasitic Diseases
Block: Tuberculosis (010-018)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: A15.4 - Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 012.16:
012.10 - Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes, unspecified
012.11 - Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes, bacteriological or histological examination not done
012.12 - Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present)
012.13 - Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy
012.14 - Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture
012.15 - Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically