A18.51

A18.51: Tuberculous episcleritis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A18.51 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for tuberculous episcleritis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check A18.51 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above A18.51

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

A18.51 is named in 16 Medicare coverage policies: 16 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
A56726Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Posterior Segment Imaging (Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography)
A56729Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Head and Neck

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Episcleritis›tuberculous
Scleritis›tuberculous(nodular)
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›episcleritis
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›sclera
Episcleritis›in›tuberculosis

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.