2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A15.0

Tuberculosis of lung

  • A15.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM A15.0 became effective on October 1, 2023.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A15.0 – other international versions of ICD-10 A15.0 may differ.

Applicable To

  • Tuberculous bronchiectasis
  • Tuberculous fibrosis of lung
  • Tuberculous pneumonia
  • Tuberculous pneumothorax

The following code(s) above A15.0 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to A15.0:

  • A00-B99  Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
  • A15-A19  Tuberculosis

Approximate Synonyms

  • Inactive tuberculosis of lung
  • Infiltrative lung tuberculosis
  • Isoniazid resistant tuberculosis of lung
  • Multidrug resistant tuberculosis
  • Nodular tuberculosis of lung
  • Pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Pulmonary tuberculosis (tb)
  • Respiratory tuberculosis
  • Tuberculosis (tb) lung infiltrative
  • Tuberculosis (tb) lung with fibrosis
  • Tuberculosis (tb) lung, cavitary
  • Tuberculosis (tb) lung, drug resistant to isoniazid
  • Tuberculosis (tb) lung, latent
  • Tuberculosis (tb) lung, nodular
  • Tuberculosis (tb) lung, pneumothorax
  • Tuberculosis (tb) lung, resistant to multiple drugs
  • Tuberculosis (tb) of lung
  • Tuberculosis (tb) pneumonia
  • Tuberculosis (tb) with bronchiectasis
  • Tuberculosis of lung with cavitation
  • Tuberculous bronchiectasis
  • Tuberculous fibrosis of lung
  • Tuberculous pneumonia
  • Tuberculous pneumothorax

Clinical Information

  • Mycobacterium infections of the lung.

ICD-10-CM A15.0 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v41.0):

  • 177 Respiratory infections and inflammations with mcc
  • 178 Respiratory infections and inflammations with cc
  • 179 Respiratory infections and inflammations without cc/mcc
  • 974 Hiv with major related condition with mcc
  • 975 Hiv with major related condition with cc
  • 976 Hiv with major related condition without cc/mcc

Convert A15.0 to ICD-9-CMCode History

  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
  • 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change

Code annotations containing back-references to A15.0:

  • Type 1 Excludes: J47

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to A15.0:

  • Aneurysm (anastomotic) (artery) (cirsoid) (diffuse) (false) (fusiform) (multiple) (saccular) I72.9
    • Rasmussen NEC A15.0
  • Assmann’s focus NEC A15.0
  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed) R58
  • Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) A15.9
    • pulmonary (cavitated) (fibrotic) (infiltrative) (nodular) A15.0