A18.32
A18.32: Tuberculous enteritis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A18.32 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for tuberculous enteritis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A18.32 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Tuberculosis of anus and rectum
- Tuberculosis of intestine (large) (small)
Other codes that can never be billed with A18.32
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
A18.32 is named in 15 Medicare coverage policies: 15 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56394Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy and Sigmoidoscopy-Diagnostic
- A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A56456Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Appendicitis›tuberculous
- Colitis›tuberculous(ulcerative)
- Diarrhea, diarrheal›tuberculous
- Enteritis›tuberculous
- Proctitis›tuberculous
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›alimentary canal
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›anus
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›appendicitis, appendix
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›bowel(miliary)
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›cecum
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›colitis
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›colon
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.