A17.82
A17.82: Tuberculous meningoencephalitis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A17.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for tuberculous meningoencephalitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A17.82 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Tuberculous myelitis
Other codes that can never be billed with A17.82
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- A17.0Tuberculous meningitis
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
A17.82 is named in 10 Medicare coverage policies: 10 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
- A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
- A56771Billing and Coding: Special Electroencephalography
- A56841Billing and Coding: Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Meningoencephalitis›tuberculous
- Meningomyelitis›tuberculous
- Myelitis›tuberculous
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›encephalitis
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›meningoencephalitis
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›myelitis
- Encephalitis›in›tuberculosis
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.