A15
A15 — Respiratory tuberculosis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
A15 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for respiratory tuberculosis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with A15
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at A15. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading A15 alone.
- A15.4Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes
- A15.6Tuberculous pleurisy
- J03.8Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms
- J47Bronchiectasis
- J60Coalworker's pneumoconiosis
- J61Pneumoconiosis due to asbestos and other mineral fibers
- J62Pneumoconiosis due to dust containing silica
- J63Pneumoconiosis due to other inorganic dusts
Risk adjustment
A15 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead A15
7 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about A15
- Is A15 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. A15 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does A15 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Tuberculosis (A15-A19).