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017.51 - Tuberculosis Of Thyroid Gland, Bacteriological Or Histological Examination Not Done


The ICD 9 Code for Tuberculosis of thyroid gland, bacteriological or histological examination not done is listed as 017.51.
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: 017.51
Long Description: Tuberculosis of thyroid gland, bacteriological or histological examination not done
Short Description: TB of thyroid-no exam
Chapter: Infectious And Parasitic Diseases
Block: Tuberculosis (010-018)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: A18.81 - Tuberculosis of thyroid gland (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 017.51:
017.50 - Tuberculosis of thyroid gland, unspecified
017.52 - Tuberculosis of thyroid gland, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present)
017.53 - Tuberculosis of thyroid gland, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy
017.54 - Tuberculosis of thyroid gland, tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture
017.55 - Tuberculosis of thyroid gland, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically
017.56 - Tuberculosis of thyroid gland, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals]