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015.96 - Tuberculosis Of Unspecified Bones And Joints, 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 unspecified bones and joints, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals] is listed as 015.96.
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: 015.96
Long Description: Tuberculosis of unspecified bones and joints, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals]
Short Description: TB bone/jt NOS-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-10-CM Code: A18.03 - Tuberculosis of other bones (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 015.96:
015.90 - Tuberculosis of unspecified bones and joints, unspecified
015.91 - Tuberculosis of unspecified bones and joints, bacteriological or histological examination not done
015.92 - Tuberculosis of unspecified bones and joints, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present)
015.93 - Tuberculosis of unspecified bones and joints, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy
015.94 - Tuberculosis of unspecified bones and joints, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture
015.95 - Tuberculosis of unspecified bones and joints, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically