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011.46 - Tuberculous Fibrosis Of Lung, Tubercle Bacilli Not Found By Bacteriological Or Histological Examination, But Tuberculosis Confirmed By Other Methods [inoculation Of Animals]


The ICD 9 Code for Tuberculous fibrosis of lung, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals] is listed as 011.46.
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: 011.46
Long Description: Tuberculous fibrosis of lung, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals]
Short Description: TB lung fibros-oth test
Chapter: Infectious And Parasitic Diseases
Block: Tuberculosis (010-018)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: A15.0 - Tuberculosis of lung (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 011.46:
011.40 - Tuberculous fibrosis of lung, unspecified
011.41 - Tuberculous fibrosis of lung, bacteriological or histological examination not done
011.42 - Tuberculous fibrosis of lung, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present)
011.43 - Tuberculous fibrosis of lung, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy
011.44 - Tuberculous fibrosis of lung, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture
011.45 - Tuberculous fibrosis of lung, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically