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010.16 - Tuberculous Pleurisy In Primary Progressive Tuberculosis, Tubercle Bacilli Not Found By Bacteriological Or Histological Examination, But Tuberculosis Confirmed By Other Methods [inoculation Of Animals]


The ICD 9 Code for Tuberculous pleurisy in primary progressive tuberculosis, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals] is listed as 010.16.
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: 010.16
Long Description: Tuberculous pleurisy in primary progressive tuberculosis, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals]
Short Description: Prim TB pleuris-oth test
Chapter: Infectious And Parasitic Diseases
Block: Tuberculosis (010-018)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: A15.6 - Tuberculous pleurisy (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 010.16:
010.10 - Tuberculous pleurisy in primary progressive tuberculosis, unspecified
010.11 - Tuberculous pleurisy in primary progressive tuberculosis, bacteriological or histological examination not done
010.12 - Tuberculous pleurisy in primary progressive tuberculosis, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present)
010.13 - Tuberculous pleurisy in primary progressive tuberculosis, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy
010.14 - Tuberculous pleurisy in primary progressive tuberculosis, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture
010.15 - Tuberculous pleurisy in primary progressive tuberculosis, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically