Tuberculous episcleritis
- A18.51 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM A18.51 became effective on October 1, 2023.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A18.51 – other international versions of ICD-10 A18.51 may differ.
The following code(s) above A18.51 contain annotation back-references
that may be applicable to A18.51:
Approximate Synonyms
- Bilateral tb episcleritis
- Episcleritis of bilateral eyes caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Episcleritis of left eye caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Episcleritis of right eye caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Left tb episcleritis
- Right tb episcleritis
- Tuberculosis (tb) episcleritis
ICD-10-CM A18.51 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v41.0):
- 124 Other disorders of the eye with mcc or thrombolytic agent
- 125 Other disorders of the eye without mcc
- 974 Hiv with major related condition with mcc
- 975 Hiv with major related condition with cc
- 976 Hiv with major related condition without cc/mcc
Convert A18.51 to ICD-9-CMCode History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to A18.51:
- Episcleritis (suppurative) H15.10-
- in (due to)
- tuberculosis A18.51
- tuberculous A18.51
- in (due to)
- ScleritisH15.00-
- tuberculous A18.51 (nodular)
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) A15.9
- episcleritis A18.51
- sclera A18.51