018.03 - Acute Miliary Tuberculosis, Tubercle Bacilli Found (in Sputum) By Microscopy
The ICD 9 Code for
Acute miliary tuberculosis, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy is listed as
018.03. 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: |
018.03 |
| Long Description: |
Acute miliary tuberculosis, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy |
| Short Description: |
Ac miliary tb-micro 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: |
A19.2 - Acute miliary tuberculosis, unspecified (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 018.03: |
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| 018.00 - Acute miliary tuberculosis, unspecified |
| 018.01 - Acute miliary tuberculosis, bacteriological or histological examination not done |
| 018.02 - Acute miliary tuberculosis, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present) |
| 018.04 - Acute miliary tuberculosis, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture |
| 018.05 - Acute miliary tuberculosis, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically |
| 018.06 - Acute miliary tuberculosis, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals] |
