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013.15 - Tuberculoma Of Meninges, Tubercle Bacilli Not Found By Bacteriological Examination, But Tuberculosis Confirmed Histologically


The ICD 9 Code for Tuberculoma of meninges, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically is listed as 013.15.
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: 013.15
Long Description: Tuberculoma of meninges, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically
Short Description: Tubrclma mening-histo dx
Chapter: Infectious And Parasitic Diseases
Block: Tuberculosis (010-018)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: A17.1 - Meningeal tuberculoma (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 013.15:
013.10 - Tuberculoma of meninges, unspecified
013.11 - Tuberculoma of meninges, bacteriological or histological examination not done
013.12 - Tuberculoma of meninges, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present)
013.13 - Tuberculoma of meninges, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy
013.14 - Tuberculoma of meninges, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture
013.16 - Tuberculoma of meninges, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals]