A18.01
A18.01: Tuberculosis of spine
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A18.01 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for tuberculosis of spine. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A18.01 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Pott's disease or curvature of spine
- Tuberculous arthritis
- Tuberculous osteomyelitis of spine
- Tuberculous spondylitis
Other codes that can never be billed with A18.01
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
A18.01 is named in 24 Medicare coverage policies: 24 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
- A53058Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy
- A53064Billing and Coding: Outpatient Occupational Therapy
- A53065Billing and Coding: Outpatient Physical Therapy
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Rust's disease(tuberculous cervical spondylitis)
- Abscess›lumbar(tuberculous)
- Abscess›sacrum(tuberculous)
- Abscess›spine(column) (tuberculous)
- Abscess›vertebra(column) (tuberculous)
- Caries›sacrum(tuberculous)
- Caries›spine, spinal(column) (tuberculous)
- Caries›vertebra(column) (tuberculous)
- Curvature›Pott's(spinal)
- Fistula›lumbar, tuberculous
- Kyphoscoliosis, kyphoscoliotic›tuberculous
- Kyphosis, kyphotic›tuberculous
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.