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R76.11

R76.11: Nonspecific reaction to tuberculin skin test without active tuberculosis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R76.11 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for nonspecific reaction to tuberculin skin test without active tuberculosis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check R76.11 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • nonspecific reaction to cell mediated immunity measurement of gamma interferon antigen response without active tuberculosis (R76.12)

Inclusion terms

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

  • Abnormal result of Mantoux test
  • PPD positive
  • Tuberculin (skin test) positive
  • Tuberculin (skin test) reactor

Other codes that can never be billed with R76.11

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

  • Z22.7Latent tuberculosis
  • R76.12Nonspecific reaction to cell mediated immunity measurement of gamma interferon antigen response without active tuberculosis

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Converter, tuberculosis(test reaction)
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›Mantoux test
  • Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›PPD
  • Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›tuberculin skin test(without active tuberculosis)
  • Positive›PPD(skin test)
  • Positive›skin test, tuberculin(without active tuberculosis)
  • Reaction›tuberculin skin test, abnormal
  • Sensitive, sensitivity›tuberculin, without clinical or radiological symptoms
  • Test, tests, testing›Mantoux›abnormal result
  • Test, tests, testing›tuberculin›abnormal result
  • Reaction›nonspecific›to›tuberculin test

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under R76.1

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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