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015.66 - Tuberculosis Of Mastoid, 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 mastoid, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals] is listed as 015.66.
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: 015.66
Long Description: Tuberculosis of mastoid, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals]
Short Description: TB of mastoid-oth test
Chapter: Infectious And Parasitic Diseases
Block: Tuberculosis (010-018)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: A18.03 - Tuberculosis of other bones (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 015.66:
015.60 - Tuberculosis of mastoid, unspecified
015.61 - Tuberculosis of mastoid, bacteriological or histological examination not done
015.62 - Tuberculosis of mastoid, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present)
015.63 - Tuberculosis of mastoid, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy
015.64 - Tuberculosis of mastoid, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture
015.65 - Tuberculosis of mastoid, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically