A15.8 Other respiratory tuberculosis

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

Applicable to

• Mediastinal tuberculosis
• Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis
• Tuberculosis of nose
• Tuberculosis of sinus [any nasal]

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 012.80 Other specified respiratory tuberculosis, unspecified (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to A15.8

Back-references to A15.8

• Type 1 Excludes: J03.8 Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms ("tuberculous tonsillitis (A15.8)")

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 A15.8

• Mediastinitis (acute) (chronic) › tuberculous
• Pansinusitis (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nonpurulent) (purulent) › tuberculous
• Pharyngitis (acute) (catarrhal)(gangrenous) (infective) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pseudomembranous) (simple) (subacute) (suppurative) (ulcerative) (viral) › tuberculous
• Rhinitis (atrophic) (catarrhal) (chronic) (croupous) (fibrinous) (granulomatous) (hyperplastic) (hypertrophic) (membranous) (obstructive) (purulent) (suppurative) (ulcerative) › tuberculous
• Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent) › tuberculous, any sinus
• Tonsillitis (acute) (catarrhal) (croupous) (follicular) (gangrenous) (infective) (lacunar) (lingual) (malignant) (membranous) (parenchymatous) (phlegmonous) (pseudomembranous) (purulent) (septic) (subacute) (suppurative) (toxic) (ulcerative) (vesicular) (viral) › tuberculous
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › abscess (respiratory) › frontal sinus
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › abscess (respiratory) › retropharyngeal
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › adenoids
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › fauces
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › hypopharynx
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › mediastinitis
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › mediastinum
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › nasal (passage) (sinus)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › nasopharynx
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › nose (septum)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › pharynx, pharyngitis
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › respiratory › specified site NEC
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › rhinitis
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › sinus (any nasal)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › throat
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › tonsil, tonsillitis

Nearby codes

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