Tuberculosis of (inner) (middle) ear
- A18.6 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 A18.6 became effective on October 1, 2023.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A18.6 – other international versions of ICD-10 A18.6 may differ.
Applicable To
- Tuberculous otitis media
Type 2 Excludes
The following code(s) above A18.6 contain annotation back-references
that may be applicable to A18.6:
Approximate Synonyms
- Tb of bilateral ears
- Tb of left ear
- Tb of right ear
- Tuberculosis (tb) ear
- Tuberculosis of bilateral ears
- Tuberculosis of ear
- Tuberculosis of left ear
- Tuberculosis of right ear
ICD-10-CM A18.6 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v41.0):
- 154 Other ear, nose, mouth and throat diagnoses with mcc
- 155 Other ear, nose, mouth and throat diagnoses with cc
- 156 Other ear, nose, mouth and throat diagnoses 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 A18.6 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 A18.6:
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to A18.6:
- Otitis (acute) H66.90
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) A15.9
- ear (inner) (middle) A18.6
- eustachian tube A18.6
- otitis media A18.6