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013.00 - Tuberculous Meningitis, Unspecified


The ICD 9 Code for Tuberculous meningitis, unspecified is listed as 013.00.
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: 013.00
Long Description: Tuberculous meningitis, unspecified
Short Description: TB meningitis-unspec
Chapter: Infectious And Parasitic Diseases
Block: Tuberculosis (010-018)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: A17.0 - Tuberculous meningitis (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 013.00:
013.01 - Tuberculous meningitis, bacteriological or histological examination not done
013.02 - Tuberculous meningitis, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present)
013.03 - Tuberculous meningitis, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy
013.04 - Tuberculous meningitis, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture
013.05 - Tuberculous meningitis, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically
013.06 - Tuberculous meningitis, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals]