2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A15.9

Respiratory tuberculosis unspecified

  • A15.9 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 A15.9 became effective on October 1, 2023.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A15.9 – other international versions of ICD-10 A15.9 may differ.

The following code(s) above A15.9 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to A15.9:

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

Approximate Synonyms

  • Maternal tuberculosis (tb) in pregnancy
  • Maternal tuberculosis (tb) in pregnancy, after childbirth
  • Maternal tuberculosis (tb) in pregnancy, after chldbirth
  • Maternal tuberculosis during pregnancy – baby not yet delivered
  • Postpartum tuberculosis
  • Pulmonary tuberculosis (tb)
  • Respiratory tuberculosis
  • Tuberculosis (tb) in childbirth
  • Tuberculosis (tb), extrapulmonary
  • Tuberculosis in childbirth
  • Tuberculosis, extrapulmonary

ICD-10-CM A15.9 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 A15.9 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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to A15.9:

  • 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
    • infection A15.9
    • respiratory A15.9
    • cachexia A15.9
    • marasmus A15.9
    • senile A15.9
    • unspecified site A15.9