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015.80 - Tuberculosis Of Other Specified Joint, Unspecified


The ICD 9 Code for Tuberculosis of other specified joint, unspecified is listed as 015.80.
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: 015.80
Long Description: Tuberculosis of other specified joint, unspecified
Short Description: TB of joint NEC-unspec
Chapter: Infectious And Parasitic Diseases
Block: Tuberculosis (010-018)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: A18.02 - Tuberculous arthritis of other joints (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 015.80:
015.81 - Tuberculosis of other specified joint, bacteriological or histological examination not done
015.82 - Tuberculosis of other specified joint, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present)
015.83 - Tuberculosis of other specified joint, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy
015.84 - Tuberculosis of other specified joint, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture
015.85 - Tuberculosis of other specified joint, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically
015.86 - Tuberculosis of other specified joint, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals]