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015.12 - Tuberculosis Of Hip, Bacteriological Or Histological Examination Unknown (at Present)


The ICD 9 Code for Tuberculosis of hip, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present) is listed as 015.12.
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: 015.12
Long Description: Tuberculosis of hip, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present)
Short Description: TB of hip-exam unkn
Chapter: Infectious And Parasitic Diseases
Block: Tuberculosis (010-018)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: A18.02 - Tuberculous arthritis of other joints (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 015.12:
015.10 - Tuberculosis of hip, unspecified
015.11 - Tuberculosis of hip, bacteriological or histological examination not done
015.13 - Tuberculosis of hip, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy
015.14 - Tuberculosis of hip, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture
015.15 - Tuberculosis of hip, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically
015.16 - Tuberculosis of hip, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals]