A15.8
A15.8: Other respiratory tuberculosis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A15.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other respiratory tuberculosis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A15.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Mediastinal tuberculosis
- Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis of nose
- Tuberculosis of sinus [any nasal]
Other codes that can never be billed with A15.8
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
A15.8 is named in 10 Medicare coverage policies: 10 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
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- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
- A56717Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy (Respiratory Care)
- A56841Billing and Coding: Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Mediastinitis›tuberculous
- Pansinusitis›tuberculous
- Pharyngitis›tuberculous
- Rhinitis›tuberculous
- Sinusitis›tuberculous, any sinus
- Tonsillitis›tuberculous
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›adenoids
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›fauces
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›hypopharynx
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›mediastinitis
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›mediastinum
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›nasal(passage) (sinus)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.