A18.18 Tuberculosis of other female genital organs

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

Applicable to

• Tuberculous ulceration of vulva

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 742-743 in MDC 13.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 016.70 Tuberculosis of other female genital organs, unspecified (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to A18.18

Back-references to A18.18

• Type 1 Excludes: N77.0 Ulceration of vulva in diseases classified elsewhere ("ulceration of vulva in tuberculosis (A18.18)")
• Type 1 Excludes: N77.1 Vaginitis, vulvitis and vulvovaginitis in diseases classified elsewhere ("tuberculous vulvovaginitis (A18.18)")

Back-references to A18

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

Diagnosis Index entries for A18.18

• Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention) › ovary, ovarian (twisted) › tuberculous
• Fistula (cutaneous) › rectovaginal › tuberculous
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › cyst, ovary
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › vagina
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › vulva
• Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative › vulva (acute) (infectional) › in (due to) › tuberculosis
• Vaginitis (acute) (circumscribed) (diffuse) (emphysematous) (nonvenereal) (ulcerative) › tuberculous
• Vulvitis (acute) (allergic) (atrophic) (hypertrophic) (intertriginous) (senile) › tuberculous

Nearby codes

• A18.13 Tuberculosis of other urinary organs
• A18.14 Tuberculosis of prostate
• A18.15 Tuberculosis of other male genital organs
• A18.16 Tuberculosis of cervix
• A18.17 Tuberculous female pelvic inflammatory disease
• A18.18 Tuberculosis of other female genital organs (this code)
• A18.2 Tuberculous peripheral lymphadenopathy
• A18.3 Tuberculosis of intestines, peritoneum and mesenteric glands
• A18.31 Tuberculous peritonitis
• A18.32 Tuberculous enteritis
• A18.39 Retroperitoneal tuberculosis