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014.04 - Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tubercle Bacilli Not Found (in Sputum) By Microscopy, But Found By Bacterial Culture


The ICD 9 Code for Tuberculous peritonitis, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture is listed as 014.04.
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: 014.04
Long Description: Tuberculous peritonitis, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture
Short Description: TB peritonitis-cult dx
Chapter: Infectious And Parasitic Diseases
Block: Tuberculosis (010-018)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: A18.31 - Tuberculous peritonitis (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 014.04:
014.00 - Tuberculous peritonitis, unspecified
014.01 - Tuberculous peritonitis, bacteriological or histological examination not done
014.02 - Tuberculous peritonitis, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present)
014.03 - Tuberculous peritonitis, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy
014.05 - Tuberculous peritonitis, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically
014.06 - Tuberculous peritonitis, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals]