A15.7 Primary respiratory tuberculosis

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

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 010.90 Primary tuberculous infection, unspecified, unspecified (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to A15.7

Back-references to A15.7

• Type 1 Excludes: A15.4 Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes ("tuberculosis specified as primary (A15.7)")
• Type 1 Excludes: A15.6 Tuberculous pleurisy ("primary respiratory tuberculosis (A15.7)")

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 A15.7

• Adenopathy (lymph gland) › tracheobronchial › tuberculous › primary (progressive)
• Adenopathy (lymph gland) › tuberculous › tracheobronchial › primary (progressive)
• Complex › primary, tuberculous
• Effusion › pleura, pleurisy, pleuritic, pleuropericardial › tuberculous NEC › primary (progressive)
• Epituberculosis (with atelectasis) (allergic)
• Ghon tubercle, primary infection
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › Ghon tubercle, 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) › primary (progressive)
• Pleurisy (acute) (adhesive) (chronic) (costal) (diaphragmatic) (double) (dry) (fibrinous) (fibrous) (interlobar) (latent) (plastic) (primary) (residual) (sicca) (sterile) (subacute) (unresolved) › tuberculous (with effusion) (non primary) › primary (progressive)
• Tubercle › Ghon, primary infection
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › bronchi, bronchial, bronchus › fistula › primary (progressive)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › bronchi, bronchial, bronchus › gland or node › primary (progressive)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › bronchi, bronchial, bronchus › lymph gland or node › primary (progressive)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › complex, primary
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › first infection
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › hilar lymph nodes › primary (progressive)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › immunological findings only
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › infantile
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › infection › without clinical manifestations
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › lymph gland or node (peripheral) › bronchial › primary (progressive)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › lymph gland or node (peripheral) › hilar › primary (progressive)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › lymph gland or node (peripheral) › intrathoracic › primary (progressive)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › lymph gland or node (peripheral) › mediastinal › primary (progressive)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › lymph gland or node (peripheral) › tracheobronchial › primary (progressive)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › mediastinal lymph gland or node › primary (progressive)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › mediastinitis › primary (progressive)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › mediastinum › primary (progressive)
• 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) › primary (progressive)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › primary (complex)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › pulmonary (cavitated) (fibrotic) (infiltrative) (nodular) › childhood type or first infection
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › pulmonary (cavitated) (fibrotic) (infiltrative) (nodular) › primary (complex)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › respiratory › primary
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › trachea, tracheal › lymph gland or node › primary (progressive)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › tracheobronchial › lymph gland or node › primary (progressive)

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
• A15.7 Primary respiratory tuberculosis (this code)
• A15.8 Other respiratory tuberculosis
• A15.9 Respiratory tuberculosis unspecified