A18.59

A18.59: Other tuberculosis of eye

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A18.59 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other tuberculosis of eye. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check A18.59 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

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

Tuberculous conjunctivitis

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above A18.59

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)

Other codes that can never be billed with A18.59

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

H42Glaucoma in diseases classified elsewhere

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

A18.59 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
A56729Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Head and Neck
A56825Billing and Coding: Scanning Computerized Ophthalmic Diagnostic Imaging (SCODI)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Conjunctivitis NOS›tuberculous
Glaucoma›tuberculous
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›conjunctiva
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›optic(nerve trunk) (papilla)
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›orbit
Cicatrix›cornea›tuberculous

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.