A18.6

A18.6: Tuberculosis of (inner) (middle) ear

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A18.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for tuberculosis of (inner) (middle) ear. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check A18.6 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

tuberculosis of external ear (A18.4)
tuberculous mastoiditis (A18.03)

Inclusion terms

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

Tuberculous otitis media

Other codes that can never be billed with A18.6

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

H66.3Other chronic suppurative otitis media
H67Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

A18.6 is named in 11 Medicare coverage policies: 11 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

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
A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›ear(inner) (middle)
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›eustachian tube
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous›otitis media
Otitis›media›tuberculous
Otitis›media›in›tuberculosis

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.