A15.6 Tuberculous pleurisy

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applicable to

• Tuberculosis of pleura Tuberculous empyema

Excludes1 (never code together)

• primary respiratory tuberculosis (A15.7)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 177-179 in MDC 04.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 012.00 Tuberculous pleurisy, unspecified (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to A15.6

Back-references to A15.6

• Type 1 Excludes: J86 Pyothorax ("pyothorax due to tuberculosis (A15.6)")
• Type 1 Excludes: J90 Pleural effusion, not elsewhere classified ("tuberculous pleural effusion (A15.6)")

Back-references to A15

• Type 2 Excludes: A31 Infection due to other mycobacteria ("tuberculosis (A15-A19)")
• Code Also: D61.82 Myelophthisis ("tuberculosis (A15.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: J60 Coalworker's pneumoconiosis ("coalworker pneumoconiosis with tuberculosis, any type in A15 (J65)")
• Type 1 Excludes: J61 Pneumoconiosis due to asbestos and other mineral fibers ("pneumoconiosis with tuberculosis, any type in A15 (J65)")
• Type 1 Excludes: J62 Pneumoconiosis due to dust containing silica ("pneumoconiosis with tuberculosis, any type in A15 (J65)")
• Type 1 Excludes: J63 Pneumoconiosis due to other inorganic dusts ("pneumoconiosis with tuberculosis, any type in A15 (J65)")
• Type 1 Excludes: J64 Unspecified pneumoconiosis ("pneumonoconiosis with tuberculosis, any type in A15 (J65)")
• Type 1 Excludes: J93 Pneumothorax and air leak ("tuberculous (current disease) pneumothorax (A15.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: J94 Other pleural conditions ("tuberculous pleural conditions (current disease) (A15.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: J98.11 Atelectasis ("tuberculous atelectasis (current disease) (A15)")

Diagnosis Index entries for A15.6

• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › pleura, pleuritic › tuberculous NEC
• Effusion › pleura, pleurisy, pleuritic, pleuropericardial › tuberculous NEC
• Empyema (acute) (chest) (double) (pleura) (supradiaphragmatic) (thorax) › tuberculous
• Fistula (cutaneous) › pleura, pleural, pleurocutaneous, pleuroperitoneal › tuberculous NEC
• Hemothorax (bacterial) (nontuberculous) › tuberculous NEC
• Hydropneumothorax › tuberculous NEC
• Hydrothorax (double) (pleura) › tuberculous NEC (non primary)
• Pleurisy (acute) (adhesive) (chronic) (costal) (diaphragmatic) (double) (dry) (fibrinous) (fibrous) (interlobar) (latent) (plastic) (primary) (residual) (sicca) (sterile) (subacute) (unresolved) › with › effusion › tuberculous (non primary)
• Pleurisy (acute) (adhesive) (chronic) (costal) (diaphragmatic) (double) (dry) (fibrinous) (fibrous) (interlobar) (latent) (plastic) (primary) (residual) (sicca) (sterile) (subacute) (unresolved) › tuberculous (with effusion) (non primary)
• Pyopneumothorax (infective) › tuberculous NEC
• Pyothorax › tuberculous NEC
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › bronchopleural
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › empyema
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › hemothorax
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › hydropneumothorax
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › hydrothorax
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › pleura, pleural, pleurisy, pleuritis (fibrinous) (obliterative) (purulent) (simple plastic) (with effusion)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › pyopneumothorax
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › pyothorax

Nearby codes

• A15 Respiratory tuberculosis
• A15.0 Tuberculosis of lung
• A15.4 Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes
• A15.5 Tuberculosis of larynx, trachea and bronchus
• A15.6 Tuberculous pleurisy (this code)
• A15.7 Primary respiratory tuberculosis
• A15.8 Other respiratory tuberculosis
• A15.9 Respiratory tuberculosis unspecified