2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A15.6

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Tuberculous pleurisy

  • A15.6 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 A15.6 became effective on October 1, 2023.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A15.6 – other international versions of ICD-10 A15.6 may differ.

Applicable To

  • Tuberculosis of pleura Tuberculous empyema

Type 1 Excludes

  • primary respiratory tuberculosis (A15.7)

The following code(s) above A15.6 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to A15.6:

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

Approximate Synonyms

  • Tb (tuberculosis) of lung, pleura
  • Tuberculosis (tb) of pleura
  • Tuberculosis of pleura
  • Tuberculous pleural effusion

Clinical Information

  • Tuberculosis of the serous membrane lining the thoracic cavity and surrounding the lungs.

ICD-10-CM A15.6 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 A15.6 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 A15.6:

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to A15.6: