A18.8
A18.8 — Tuberculosis of other specified organs
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
A18.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for tuberculosis of other specified organs. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with A18.8
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at A18.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading A18.8 alone.
- D73.1Hypersplenism
- D77Other disorders of blood and blood-forming organs in diseases classified elsewhere
- E35Disorders of endocrine glands in diseases classified elsewhere
- I32Pericarditis in diseases classified elsewhere
- I39Endocarditis and heart valve disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
- I41Myocarditis in diseases classified elsewhere
- I43Cardiomyopathy in diseases classified elsewhere
- I68.2Cerebral arteritis in other diseases classified elsewhere
Risk adjustment
A18.8 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead A18.8
6 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share A18. If A18.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- A18.0Tuberculosis of bones and joints
- A18.1Tuberculosis of genitourinary system
- A18.2Tuberculous peripheral lymphadenopathy
- A18.3Tuberculosis of intestines, peritoneum and mesenteric glands
- A18.4Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous tissue
- A18.5Tuberculosis of eye
- A18.6Tuberculosis of (inner) (middle) ear
- A18.7Tuberculosis of adrenal glands
Questions about A18.8
- Is A18.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. A18.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does A18.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Tuberculosis (A15-A19).