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013.56 - Tuberculous Abscess Of Spinal Cord, Tubercle Bacilli Not Found By Bacteriological Or Histological Examination, But Tuberculosis Confirmed By Other Methods [inoculation Of Animals]


The ICD 9 Code for Tuberculous abscess of spinal cord, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals] is listed as 013.56.
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: 013.56
Long Description: Tuberculous abscess of spinal cord, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals]
Short Description: TB sp crd absc-oth test
Chapter: Infectious And Parasitic Diseases
Block: Tuberculosis (010-018)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: A17.81 - Tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 013.56:
013.50 - Tuberculous abscess of spinal cord, unspecified
013.51 - Tuberculous abscess of spinal cord, bacteriological or histological examination not done
013.52 - Tuberculous abscess of spinal cord, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present)
013.53 - Tuberculous abscess of spinal cord, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy
013.54 - Tuberculous abscess of spinal cord, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture
013.55 - Tuberculous abscess of spinal cord, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically