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011.55 - Tuberculous Bronchiectasis, Tubercle Bacilli Not Found By Bacteriological Examination, But Tuberculosis Confirmed Histologically


The ICD 9 Code for Tuberculous bronchiectasis, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically is listed as 011.55.
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: 011.55
Long Description: Tuberculous bronchiectasis, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically
Short Description: TB bronchiect-histo dx
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 011.55:
011.50 - Tuberculous bronchiectasis, unspecified
011.51 - Tuberculous bronchiectasis, bacteriological or histological examination not done
011.52 - Tuberculous bronchiectasis, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present)
011.53 - Tuberculous bronchiectasis, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy
011.54 - Tuberculous bronchiectasis, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture
011.56 - Tuberculous bronchiectasis, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals]