A18.7 Tuberculosis of adrenal glands

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

Applicable to

• Tuberculous Addison's disease

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 643-645 in MDC 10.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 017.60 Tuberculosis of adrenal glands, unspecified (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to A18.7

Back-references to A18.7

• Type 1 Excludes: E27.1 Primary adrenocortical insufficiency ("tuberculous Addison's disease (A18.7)")
• Type 1 Excludes: E35 Disorders of endocrine glands in diseases classified elsewhere ("tuberculosis of adrenal gland, except calcification (A18.7)")

Back-references to A18

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

Diagnosis Index entries for A18.7

• Addison's › disease (bronze) or syndrome › tuberculous
• Adrenalism, tuberculous
• Disease, diseased › bronze Addison's › tuberculous
• Hypoadrenalism, hypoadrenia › tuberculous
• Melanosis › addisonian › tuberculous
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › Addison's disease
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › adrenal (capsule) (gland)
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › bronze disease
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › glandula suprarenalis
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › hypoadrenalism
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › melanosis, Addisonian
• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) › suprarenal (capsule) (gland)

Nearby codes

• A18.52 Tuberculous keratitis
• A18.53 Tuberculous chorioretinitis
• A18.54 Tuberculous iridocyclitis
• A18.59 Other tuberculosis of eye
• A18.6 Tuberculosis of (inner) (middle) ear
• A18.7 Tuberculosis of adrenal glands (this code)
• A18.8 Tuberculosis of other specified organs
• A18.81 Tuberculosis of thyroid gland
• A18.82 Tuberculosis of other endocrine glands
• A18.83 Tuberculosis of digestive tract organs, not elsewhere classified
• A18.84 Tuberculosis of heart