A18.01 Tuberculosis of spine

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

Applicable to

• Pott's disease or curvature of spine
• Tuberculous arthritis
• Tuberculous osteomyelitis of spine
• Tuberculous spondylitis

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 456-458 in MDC 08.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 015.00 Tuberculosis of vertebral column, unspecified (approximate)
• 015.00 Tuberculosis of vertebral column, unspecified (approximate)
• 015.00 Tuberculosis of vertebral column, unspecified (approximate)
• 015.00 Tuberculosis of vertebral column, unspecified (approximate)
• 015.00 Tuberculosis of vertebral column, unspecified (approximate)
• 015.00 Tuberculosis of vertebral column, unspecified (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to A18.01

Back-references to A18.01

• Type 1 Excludes: M01 Direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere ("tuberculosis arthritis (A18.01-A18.02)")
• Type 1 Excludes: M49 Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere ("curvature of spine in tuberculosis [Pott's] (A18.01)")
• Type 1 Excludes: M49 Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere ("tuberculous spondylitis (A18.01)")

Back-references to A18

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

Diagnosis Index entries for A18.01

• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › bone (subperiosteal) › spinal (tuberculous)
• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › joint › spine (tuberculous)
• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › lumbar (tuberculous)
• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › sacrum (tuberculous)
• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › spine (column) (tuberculous)
• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › vertebra (column) (tuberculous)
• Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute) › spine › tuberculous
• Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute) › tuberculous › spine
• Caries › sacrum (tuberculous)
• Caries › spine, spinal (column) (tuberculous)
• Caries › vertebra (column) (tuberculous)
• Chondritis › tuberculous NEC › intervertebral
• Curvature › Pott's (spinal)
• Curvature › spine (acquired) (angular) (idiopathic) (incorrect) (postural) › due to or associated with › tuberculosis (Pott's curvature)
• Curvature › spine (acquired) (angular) (idiopathic) (incorrect) (postural) › tuberculous
• Disease, diseased › spine › tuberculous
• Fistula (cutaneous) › lumbar, tuberculous
• Granuloma › spine › tuberculous
• Kyphoscoliosis, kyphoscoliotic (acquired) › tuberculous
• Kyphosis, kyphotic (acquired) › tuberculous
• Lordosis › tuberculous
• Necrosis, necrotic (ischemic) › vertebra › tuberculous
• Paraplegia (lower) › Pott's
• Pott's › curvature (spinal)
• Pott's › disease or paraplegia
• Pott's › spinal curvature
• Rust's disease (tuberculous cervical spondylitis)
• Scoliosis (acquired) (postural) › tuberculous
• Spondylitis (chronic) › in (due to) › tuberculosis
• Spondylitis (chronic) › tuberculous
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › abscess (respiratory) › bone › sacrum
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › abscess (respiratory) › bone › spinal
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › abscess (respiratory) › bone › vertebra
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › abscess (respiratory) › joint NEC › vertebral
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › abscess (respiratory) › lumbar (spine)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › abscess (respiratory) › sacrum
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › abscess (respiratory) › spine or vertebra (column)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › arthritis (chronic) (synovial) › spine or vertebra (column)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › bone › sacrum
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › bone › spine or vertebral column
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › cartilage › intervertebral
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › curvature, spine
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › joint › vertebral
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › kyphosis, kyphoscoliosis
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › lordosis
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › sacroiliac (joint)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › sacrum
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › scoliosis
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › spine, spinal (column)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › spondylitis

Nearby codes

• A18 Tuberculosis of other organs
• A18.0 Tuberculosis of bones and joints
• A18.01 Tuberculosis of spine (this code)
• A18.02 Tuberculous arthritis of other joints
• A18.03 Tuberculosis of other bones
• A18.09 Other musculoskeletal tuberculosis
• A18.1 Tuberculosis of genitourinary system
• A18.10 Tuberculosis of genitourinary system, unspecified