017.55 - Tuberculosis Of Thyroid Gland, Tubercle Bacilli Not Found By Bacteriological Examination, But Tuberculosis Confirmed Histologically
The ICD 9 Code for
Tuberculosis of thyroid gland, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically is listed as
017.55. 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: |
017.55 |
| Long Description: |
Tuberculosis of thyroid gland, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically |
| Short Description: |
TB of thyroid-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: |
A18.81 - Tuberculosis of thyroid gland (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 017.55: |
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| 017.50 - Tuberculosis of thyroid gland, unspecified |
| 017.51 - Tuberculosis of thyroid gland, bacteriological or histological examination not done |
| 017.52 - Tuberculosis of thyroid gland, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present) |
| 017.53 - Tuberculosis of thyroid gland, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy |
| 017.54 - Tuberculosis of thyroid gland, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture |
| 017.56 - Tuberculosis of thyroid gland, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals] |
