A18.02
A18.02: Tuberculous arthritis of other joints
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A18.02 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for tuberculous arthritis of other joints. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A18.02 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Tuberculosis of hip (joint)
- Tuberculosis of knee (joint)
Other codes that can never be billed with A18.02
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- M01Direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
A18.02 is named in 12 Medicare coverage policies: 12 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
- A53064Billing and Coding: Outpatient Occupational Therapy
- A54061Billing and Coding: Arthroscopic Lavage and Arthroscopic Debridement for Osteoarthritic Knees
- A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Arthritis, arthritic›tuberculous
- Caries›hip(tuberculous)
- Caries›knee(tuberculous)
- Chondritis›tuberculous NEC
- Coxalgia, coxalgic›tuberculous
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›ankle(joint) (bone)
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›arthritis(chronic) (synovial)
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›cartilage
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›coxae
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›coxalgia
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›elbow
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›genu
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.