A18.54 Tuberculous iridocyclitis

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

Applies from A18.5 Tuberculosis of eye

Excludes2 (not included here)

• lupus vulgaris of eyelid (A18.4)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 124-125 in MDC 02.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 017.30 Tuberculosis of eye, unspecified (approximate)
• 017.30 Tuberculosis of eye, unspecified (approximate)
• 364.11 Chronic iridocyclitis in diseases classified elsewhere (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to A18.54

Back-references to A18.54

• Type 1 Excludes: H20.0 Acute and subacute iridocyclitis ("iridocyclitis, iritis, uveitis (due to) (in) tuberculosis (A18.54)")

Back-references to A18

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

Diagnosis Index entries for A18.54

• Iridocyclitis › in (due to) › tuberculosis
• Iridocyclitis › tuberculous (chronic)
• Iritis › tuberculous
• Keratoiritis › tuberculous
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › ciliary body
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › iridocyclitis
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › iris, iritis
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › uveal tract
• Uveitis (anterior) › tuberculous

Nearby codes

• A18.5 Tuberculosis of eye
• A18.50 Tuberculosis of eye, unspecified
• A18.51 Tuberculous episcleritis
• A18.52 Tuberculous keratitis
• A18.53 Tuberculous chorioretinitis
• A18.54 Tuberculous iridocyclitis (this code)
• A18.59 Other tuberculosis of eye
• A18.6 Tuberculosis of (inner) (middle) ear
• A18.7 Tuberculosis of adrenal glands
• A18.8 Tuberculosis of other specified organs
• A18.81 Tuberculosis of thyroid gland