A17.81 Tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord

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

Applicable to

• Tuberculous abscess of brain and spinal cord

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 013.20 Tuberculoma of brain, unspecified (approximate)
• 013.30 Tuberculous abscess of brain, unspecified (approximate)
• 013.40 Tuberculoma of spinal cord, unspecified (approximate)
• 013.50 Tuberculous abscess of spinal cord, unspecified (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to A17.81

Back-references to A17.81

• Type 2 Excludes: A17.1 Meningeal tuberculoma ("tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord (A17.81)")
• Type 1 Excludes: G06.0 Intracranial abscess and granuloma ("tuberculous intracranial abscess and granuloma (A17.81)")
• Type 1 Excludes: G06.1 Intraspinal abscess and granuloma ("tuberculous intraspinal abscess and granuloma (A17.81)")
• Type 1 Excludes: G07 Intracranial and intraspinal abscess and granuloma in diseases classified elsewhere ("tuberculous (A17.81)")

Back-references to A17

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

Diagnosis Index entries for A17.81

• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › brain (any part) (cystic) (otogenic) › tuberculous
• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › spinal cord (any part) (staphylococcal) › tuberculous
• Degeneration, degenerative › spinal (cord) › tuberculous
• Tubercle › brain, solitary
• Tuberculoma › brain
• Tuberculoma › spinal cord
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › abscess (respiratory) › brain
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › abscess (respiratory) › dura (mater) (cerebral) (spinal)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › abscess (respiratory) › epidural (cerebral) (spinal)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › abscess (respiratory) › spinal cord
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › brain
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › cerebellum
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › cerebral, cerebrum
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › cerebrospinal
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › dura (mater) (cerebral) (spinal) › abscess (cerebral) (spinal)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › epidural abscess (cerebral) (spinal)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › medulla
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › spine, spinal (column) › cord
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › spine, spinal (column) › medulla

Nearby codes

• A17 Tuberculosis of nervous system
• A17.0 Tuberculous meningitis
• A17.1 Meningeal tuberculoma
• A17.8 Other tuberculosis of nervous system
• A17.81 Tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord (this code)
• A17.82 Tuberculous meningoencephalitis
• A17.83 Tuberculous neuritis
• A17.89 Other tuberculosis of nervous system
• A17.9 Tuberculosis of nervous system, unspecified