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013.05 - Tuberculous Meningitis, Tubercle Bacilli Not Found By Bacteriological Examination, But Tuberculosis Confirmed Histologically


The ICD 9 Code for Tuberculous meningitis, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically is listed as 013.05.
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: 013.05
Long Description: Tuberculous meningitis, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically
Short Description: TB meningitis-histo dx
Chapter: Infectious And Parasitic Diseases
Block: Tuberculosis (010-018)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: A17.0 - Tuberculous meningitis (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 013.05:
013.00 - Tuberculous meningitis, unspecified
013.01 - Tuberculous meningitis, bacteriological or histological examination not done
013.02 - Tuberculous meningitis, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present)
013.03 - Tuberculous meningitis, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy
013.04 - Tuberculous meningitis, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture
013.06 - Tuberculous meningitis, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals]