ICD-10-CM Code A18.0
Tuberculosis of bones and joints
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code A18.0 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the four child codes of A18.0 that describes the diagnosis 'tuberculosis of bones and joints' in more detail.
- A18.0 Tuberculosis of bones and joints NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE A18.01 Tuberculosis of spine
- BILLABLE A18.02 Tuberculous arthritis of other joints
- BILLABLE A18.03 Tuberculosis of other bones
- BILLABLE A18.09 Other musculoskeletal tuberculosis
The ICD code A180 is used to code Pott disease
Pott disease or Pott's disease is a form of tuberculosis that occurs outside the lungs whereby disease is seen in the vertebrae. Tuberculosis can affect several tissues outside of the lungs including the spine, a kind of tuberculous arthritis of the intervertebral joints. The disease is named after Percivall Pott (1714–1788), a British surgeon. The lower thoracic and upper lumbar vertebrae are the areas of the spine most often affected. The formal name for the disease is tuberculous spondylitis and it is most commonly localized in the thoracic portion of the spine.
| Specialty: | Rheumatology |
| MeSH Code: | D014399 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 150 |
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Tuberculosis of knee (disorder)
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'A18.0 - Tuberculosis of bones and joints'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code A18.0. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: A18 - Tuberculosis of other organs