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017.36 - Tuberculosis Of Eye, 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 eye, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals] is listed as 017.36.
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: 017.36
Long Description: Tuberculosis of eye, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals]
Short Description: TB of eye-oth test
Chapter: Infectious And Parasitic Diseases
Block: Tuberculosis (010-018)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: A18.50 - Tuberculosis of eye, unspecified (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: A18.51 - Tuberculous episcleritis (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: A18.52 - Tuberculous keratitis (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: A18.54 - Tuberculous iridocyclitis (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: A18.59 - Other tuberculosis of eye (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 017.36:
017.30 - Tuberculosis of eye, unspecified
017.31 - Tuberculosis of eye, bacteriological or histological examination not done
017.32 - Tuberculosis of eye, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present)
017.33 - Tuberculosis of eye, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy
017.34 - Tuberculosis of eye, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture
017.35 - Tuberculosis of eye, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically