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011.70 - Tuberculous Pneumothorax, Unspecified


The ICD 9 Code for Tuberculous pneumothorax, unspecified is listed as 011.70.
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: 011.70
Long Description: Tuberculous pneumothorax, unspecified
Short Description: TB pneumothorax-unspec
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 011.70:
011.71 - Tuberculous pneumothorax, bacteriological or histological examination not done
011.72 - Tuberculous pneumothorax, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present)
011.73 - Tuberculous pneumothorax, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy
011.74 - Tuberculous pneumothorax, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture
011.75 - Tuberculous pneumothorax, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically
011.76 - Tuberculous pneumothorax, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals]