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015.70 - Tuberculosis Of Other Specified Bone, Unspecified


The ICD 9 Code for Tuberculosis of other specified bone, unspecified is listed as 015.70.
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: 015.70
Long Description: Tuberculosis of other specified bone, unspecified
Short Description: TB of bone NEC-unspec
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 015.70:
015.71 - Tuberculosis of other specified bone, bacteriological or histological examination not done
015.72 - Tuberculosis of other specified bone, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present)
015.73 - Tuberculosis of other specified bone, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy
015.74 - Tuberculosis of other specified bone, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture
015.75 - Tuberculosis of other specified bone, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically
015.76 - Tuberculosis of other specified bone, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals]