B90.8
B90.8 — Sequelae of tuberculosis of other organs
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
B90.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for sequelae of tuberculosis of other organs. It is valid for submission on a claim.
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.
- sequelae of respiratory tuberculosis (B90.9)
Risk adjustment
B90.8 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.
How B90.8 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to B90.8.
- Calcification›adrenal›tuberculous
- Calcification›lymph gland or node›tuberculous
- Cicatrix›skin›tuberculous
- Sequelae›tuberculosis›specified organs NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share B90. If B90.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about B90.8
- Is B90.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. B90.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does B90.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Sequelae of infectious and parasitic diseases (B90-B94).