A17.1 — Meningeal tuberculoma
A17.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for meningeal tuberculoma. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord (A17.81)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Tuberculoma of meninges (cerebral) (spinal)
Other codes that can never be billed with A17.1
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at A17.1. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading A17.1 alone.
- G07Intracranial and intraspinal abscess and granuloma in diseases classified elsewhere
Risk adjustment
A17.1 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.
Medicare coverage
A17.1 is named in 11 Medicare coverage policies — 11 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
- A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
- A56841Billing and Coding: Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed
- A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
How A17.1 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to A17.1.
- Tuberculoma›meninges(cerebral) (spinal)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share A17. If A17.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about A17.1
- Is A17.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. A17.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does A17.1 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Tuberculosis (A15-A19).