A18.50

A18.50: Tuberculosis of eye, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMunspecified

A18.50 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for tuberculosis of eye, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check A18.50 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above A18.50

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on A18.5: Tuberculosis of eye

lupus vulgaris of eyelid (A18.4)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

A18.50 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies: 9 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A53060Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography
A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
A56729Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Head and Neck
A56841Billing and Coding: Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›eye
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›ocular

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.