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A17

A17: Tuberculosis of nervous system

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

A17 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for tuberculosis of nervous system. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Other codes that can never be billed with A17

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • G01Meningitis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhere
  • G06.0Intracranial abscess and granuloma
  • G06.1Intraspinal abscess and granuloma
  • G07Intracranial and intraspinal abscess and granuloma in diseases classified elsewhere
  • G59Mononeuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere
  • A17.0Tuberculous meningitis

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead A17

4 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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