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A18.4
Billable

Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous tissue

Chapter 1: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases

Inclusion Terms

6 items
  • Erythema induratum, tuberculous
  • Lupus exedens
  • Lupus vulgaris NOS
  • Lupus vulgaris of eyelid
  • Scrofuloderma
  • Tuberculosis of external ear

Excludes2

2 items
  • lupus erythematosus (L93.-)
  • systemic lupus erythematosus (M32.-)

Billable Code

A18.4 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Includes

1 item

From A00-B99:

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes1

1 item

From A00-B99:

  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

Excludes2

4 items

From A00-B99:

  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)

Use Additional Code

1 item

From A00-B99:

  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
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