ICD-10-CM · Chapter 1 · A00–B99
A18.02
Tuberculous arthritis of other joints
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Quick facts
- Code
- A18.02
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 1 — Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
- Category
- A18 — Tuberculosis of other organs
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM A18.02 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of tuberculous arthritis of other joints. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in A18
- A18Tuberculosis of other organs
- A18.0Tuberculosis of bones and joints
- A18.01Tuberculosis of spine
- A18.03Tuberculosis of other bones
- A18.09Other musculoskeletal tuberculosis
- A18.1Tuberculosis of genitourinary system
- A18.10Tuberculosis of genitourinary system, unspecified
- A18.11Tuberculosis of kidney and ureter
- A18.12Tuberculosis of bladder
- A18.13Tuberculosis of other urinary organs
- A18.14Tuberculosis of prostate
- A18.15Tuberculosis of other male genital organs
- A18.16Tuberculosis of cervix
- A18.17Tuberculous female pelvic inflammatory disease
- A18.18Tuberculosis of other female genital organs
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