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015.26 - Tuberculosis Of Knee, Tubercle Bacilli Not Found By Bacteriological Or Histological Examination, But Tuberculosis Confirmed By Other Methods [inoculation Of Animals]


The ICD 9 Code for Tuberculosis of knee, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals] is listed as 015.26.
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: 015.26
Long Description: Tuberculosis of knee, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals]
Short Description: TB of knee-oth test
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 015.26:
015.20 - Tuberculosis of knee, unspecified
015.21 - Tuberculosis of knee, bacteriological or histological examination not done
015.22 - Tuberculosis of knee, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present)
015.23 - Tuberculosis of knee, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy
015.24 - Tuberculosis of knee, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture
015.25 - Tuberculosis of knee, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically