A18.09

A18.09: Other musculoskeletal tuberculosis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A18.09 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other musculoskeletal tuberculosis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Tuberculous myositis
Tuberculous synovitis
Tuberculous tenosynovitis

Other codes that can never be billed with A18.09

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

M63Disorders of muscle in diseases classified elsewhere

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

A18.09 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies: 9 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
A57484Billing and Coding: Vitamin D Assay Testing
A57718Billing and Coding: Vitamin D Assay Testing

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Poncet's disease(tuberculous rheumatism)
Ganglion›tuberculous
Osteitis›tuberculosa
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›bursa
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›fascia
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›ganglion
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›muscle
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›rheumatism NEC
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›synovitis
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›tenosynovitis
Myositis›in›tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›abscess›muscle

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.