AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1993 Fourth Quarter; New/Revised Codes

Tuberculosis

To distinguish between patients with positive tuberculosis skin tests, and patients with tuberculosis, new inclusion terms have been added to code 795.5, Nonspecific reaction to tuberculin test. In addition, excludes notes have been introduced for category 010, Primary tuberculous infection, and code 017.0, tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous cellular tissue, to direct coders to 795.5 for positive tuberculin skin tests. ...

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