A18.03
A18.03: Tuberculosis of other bones
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A18.03 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for tuberculosis of other bones. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A18.03 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Tuberculous mastoiditis
- Tuberculous osteomyelitis
Other codes that can never be billed with A18.03
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
A18.03 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
- A56841Billing and Coding: Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed
- A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
- A57484Billing and Coding: Vitamin D Assay Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Caries›bone NEC
- Caries›limb NEC(tuberculous)
- Caries›nose(tuberculous)
- Caries›orbit(tuberculous)
- Caries›tuberculous
- Dactylitis›tuberculous
- Mastoiditis›tuberculous
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›bone
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›dactylitis
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›finger
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›hand
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›iliac spine(superior)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.