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017.20 - Tuberculosis Of Peripheral Lymph Nodes, Unspecified


The ICD 9 Code for Tuberculosis of peripheral lymph nodes, unspecified is listed as 017.20.
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: 017.20
Long Description: Tuberculosis of peripheral lymph nodes, unspecified
Short Description: TB periph lymph-unspec
Chapter: Infectious And Parasitic Diseases
Block: Tuberculosis (010-018)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: A18.2 - Tuberculous peripheral lymphadenopathy (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 017.20:
017.21 - Tuberculosis of peripheral lymph nodes, bacteriological or histological examination not done
017.22 - Tuberculosis of peripheral lymph nodes, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present)
017.23 - Tuberculosis of peripheral lymph nodes, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy
017.24 - Tuberculosis of peripheral lymph nodes, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture
017.25 - Tuberculosis of peripheral lymph nodes, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically
017.26 - Tuberculosis of peripheral lymph nodes, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals]