A17.83 Tuberculous neuritis

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

Applicable to

• Tuberculous mononeuropathy

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 013.62 Tuberculous encephalitis or myelitis, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present) (approximate)
• 017.90 Tuberculosis of other specified organs, unspecified (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to A17.83

Back-references to A17.83

• Type 1 Excludes: G59 Mononeuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere ("tuberculous mononeuropathy (A17.83)")

Back-references to A17

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

Diagnosis Index entries for A17.83

• Mononeuropathy › tuberculous
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › nerve (mononeuropathy)

Nearby codes

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