A17.82 Tuberculous meningoencephalitis

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

Applicable to

• Tuberculous myelitis

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 013.60 Tuberculous encephalitis or myelitis, unspecified (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to A17.82

Back-references to A17.82

• Type 1 Excludes: A17.0 Tuberculous meningitis ("tuberculous meningoencephalitis (A17.82)")

Back-references to A17

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

Diagnosis Index entries for A17.82

• Encephalitis (chronic) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (nonepidemic) (spurious) (subacute) › in (due to) › tuberculosis
• Meningoencephalitis › tuberculous
• Meningomyelitis › tuberculous
• Myelitis (acute) (ascending) (childhood) (chronic) (descending) (diffuse) (disseminated) (idiopathic) (pressure) (progressive) (spinal cord) (subacute) › tuberculous
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › encephalitis
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › meningoencephalitis
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › myelitis

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
• A17.82 Tuberculous meningoencephalitis (this code)
• A17.83 Tuberculous neuritis
• A17.89 Other tuberculosis of nervous system
• A17.9 Tuberculosis of nervous system, unspecified