2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A18.02

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Tuberculous arthritis of other joints

  • A18.02 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 A18.02 became effective on October 1, 2023.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A18.02 – other international versions of ICD-10 A18.02 may differ.

Applicable To

  • Tuberculosis of hip (joint)
  • Tuberculosis of knee (joint)

The following code(s) above A18.02 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to A18.02:

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

Approximate Synonyms

  • Arthritis caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Tb (tuberculosis) of joint
  • Tb of bilateral hip joint
  • Tb of bilateral knee joint
  • Tb of left hip joint
  • Tb of left knee joint
  • Tb of right hip joint
  • Tb of right knee joint
  • Tuberculosis (tb) hip
  • Tuberculosis (tb) knee
  • Tuberculosis of bilateral hip joints
  • Tuberculosis of bilateral knee joints
  • Tuberculosis of hip
  • Tuberculosis of joint
  • Tuberculosis of knee
  • Tuberculosis of left hip joint
  • Tuberculosis of left knee joint
  • Tuberculosis of right hip joint
  • Tuberculosis of right knee joint
  • Tuberculous arthritis

ICD-10-CM A18.02 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v41.0):

  • 485 Knee procedures with principal diagnosis of infection with mcc
  • 486 Knee procedures with principal diagnosis of infection with cc
  • 487 Knee procedures with principal diagnosis of infection without cc/mcc
  • 548 Septic arthritis with mcc
  • 549 Septic arthritis with cc
  • 550 Septic arthritis 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 A18.02 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 A18.02:

  • Type 1 Excludes: M01

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to A18.02: