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013.66 - Tuberculous Encephalitis Or Myelitis, Tubercle Bacilli Not Found By Bacteriological Or Histological Examination, But Tuberculosis Confirmed By Other Methods [inoculation Of Animals]


The ICD 9 Code for Tuberculous encephalitis or myelitis, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals] is listed as 013.66.
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: 013.66
Long Description: Tuberculous encephalitis or myelitis, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals]
Short Description: TB encephalitis-oth test
Chapter: Infectious And Parasitic Diseases
Block: Tuberculosis (010-018)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: A17.82 - Tuberculous meningoencephalitis (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 013.66:
013.60 - Tuberculous encephalitis or myelitis, unspecified
013.61 - Tuberculous encephalitis or myelitis, bacteriological or histological examination not done
013.62 - Tuberculous encephalitis or myelitis, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present)
013.63 - Tuberculous encephalitis or myelitis, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy
013.64 - Tuberculous encephalitis or myelitis, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture
013.65 - Tuberculous encephalitis or myelitis, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically