A17.0 Tuberculous meningitis

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

Applicable to

• Tuberculosis of meninges (cerebral)(spinal)
• Tuberculous leptomeningitis

Excludes1 (never code together)

• tuberculous meningoencephalitis (A17.82)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 023-024 in MDC 01.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 013.00 Tuberculous meningitis, unspecified (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to A17.0

Back-references to A17.0

• Type 1 Excludes: G01 Meningitis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhere ("tuberculosis (A17.0)")

Back-references to A17

• Type 2 Excludes: A31 Infection due to other mycobacteria ("tuberculosis (A15-A19)")

Diagnosis Index entries for A17.0

• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › meninges (cerebral) (spinal) › tuberculous (cerebral) (spinal)
• Meningitis (basal) (basic) (brain) (cerebral) (cervical) (congestive) (diffuse) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (membranous) (metastatic) (nonspecific) (pontine) (progressive) (simple) (spinal) (subacute) (sympathetic) (toxic) › caseous (tuberculous)
• Meningitis (basal) (basic) (brain) (cerebral) (cervical) (congestive) (diffuse) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (membranous) (metastatic) (nonspecific) (pontine) (progressive) (simple) (spinal) (subacute) (sympathetic) (toxic) › tuberculous
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › abscess (respiratory) › meninges (cerebral) (spinal)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › arachnoid
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › cerebrospinal › meninges
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › dura (mater) (cerebral) (spinal)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › leptomeninges, leptomeningitis (cerebral) (spinal)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › meninges, meningitis (basilar) (cerebral) (cerebrospinal) (spinal)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › pachymeningitis
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › spine, spinal (column) › membrane
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › spine, spinal (column) › meninges

Nearby codes

• A17 Tuberculosis of nervous system
• A17.0 Tuberculous meningitis (this code)
• A17.1 Meningeal tuberculoma
• A17.8 Other tuberculosis of nervous system
• A17.81 Tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord
• A17.82 Tuberculous meningoencephalitis
• A17.83 Tuberculous neuritis