2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A15.8

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Other respiratory tuberculosis

  • A15.8 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 A15.8 became effective on October 1, 2023.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A15.8 – other international versions of ICD-10 A15.8 may differ.

Applicable To

  • Mediastinal tuberculosis
  • Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis
  • Tuberculosis of nose
  • Tuberculosis of sinus [any nasal]

The following code(s) above A15.8 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to A15.8:

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

Approximate Synonyms

  • Tb nasopharynx
  • Tuberculosis of nasopharynx

ICD-10-CM A15.8 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 A15.8 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 A15.8:

  • Type 1 Excludes: J03.8

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to A15.8:

  • Mediastinitis (acute) (chronic) J98.51
    • tuberculous A15.8
  • Pansinusitis (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nonpurulent) (purulent) J32.4
    • tuberculous A15.8
  • Pharyngitis (acute) (catarrhal)(gangrenous) (infective) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pseudomembranous) (simple) (subacute) (suppurative) (ulcerative) (viral) J02.9
    • tuberculous A15.8
  • Rhinitis (atrophic) (catarrhal) (chronic) (croupous) (fibrinous) (granulomatous) (hyperplastic) (hypertrophic) (membranous) (obstructive) (purulent) (suppurative) (ulcerative) J31.0
    • tuberculous A15.8
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent) J32.9
    • tuberculous, any sinus A15.8
  • Tonsillitis (acute) (catarrhal) (croupous) (follicular) (gangrenous) (infective) (lacunar) (lingual) (malignant) (membranous) (parenchymatous) (phlegmonous) (pseudomembranous) (purulent) (septic) (subacute) (suppurative) (toxic) (ulcerative) (vesicular) (viral) J03.90
    • tuberculous A15.8
  • Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) A15.9
    • abscess (respiratory) A15.9
      • frontal sinus A15.8
      • retropharyngeal A15.8
    • mediastinitis A15.8
    • mediastinum A15.8
    • respiratoryA15.9
      • specified site NEC A15.8
    • sinus (any nasal) A15.8
    • adenoids A15.8
    • fauces A15.8
    • hypopharynx A15.8
    • nasal A15.8 (passage) (sinus)
    • nasopharynx A15.8
    • nose A15.8 (septum)
    • pharynx, pharyngitis A15.8
    • rhinitis A15.8
    • throat A15.8
    • tonsil, tonsillitis A15.8