017.05 - Tuberculosis Of Skin And Subcutaneous Cellular Tissue, Tubercle Bacilli Not Found By Bacteriological Examination, But Tuberculosis Confirmed Histologically
The ICD 9 Code for
Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous cellular tissue, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically is listed as
017.05. 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: |
017.05 |
| Long Description: |
Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous cellular tissue, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically |
| Short Description: |
TB skin/subcut-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: |
A18.4 - Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous tissue (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 017.05: |
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| 017.00 - Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous cellular tissue, unspecified |
| 017.01 - Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous cellular tissue, bacteriological or histological examination not done |
| 017.02 - Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous cellular tissue, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present) |
| 017.03 - Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous cellular tissue, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy |
| 017.04 - Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous cellular tissue, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture |
| 017.06 - Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous cellular tissue, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals] |
