017.42 - Tuberculosis Of Ear, Bacteriological Or Histological Examination Unknown (at Present)
The ICD 9 Code for
Tuberculosis of ear, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present) is listed as
017.42. 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: |
017.42 |
| Long Description: |
Tuberculosis of ear, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present) |
| Short Description: |
TB of ear-exam unkn |
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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: |
A18.6 - Tuberculosis of (inner) (middle) ear (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 017.42: |
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| 017.40 - Tuberculosis of ear, unspecified |
| 017.41 - Tuberculosis of ear, bacteriological or histological examination not done |
| 017.43 - Tuberculosis of ear, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy |
| 017.44 - Tuberculosis of ear, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture |
| 017.45 - Tuberculosis of ear, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically |
| 017.46 - Tuberculosis of ear, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals] |
