A18.39
A18.39: Retroperitoneal tuberculosis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A18.39 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for retroperitoneal tuberculosis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A18.39 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Tuberculosis of mesenteric glands
- Tuberculosis of retroperitoneal (lymph glands)
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
A18.39 is named in 14 Medicare coverage policies: 14 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
- Tabes, tabetic›mesenterica
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›abdomen(lymph gland)
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›mesentery, mesenteric(gland or node)
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›retroperitoneal(lymph gland or node)
- Lymphadenitis›mesenteric›tuberculous
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›lymph gland or node›abdomen
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›lymph gland or node›mesenteric
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›lymph gland or node›retroperitoneal
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.