ICD-10 · PDGM grouping
A15-A19 — Tuberculosis
Every ICD-10-CM code in this range and the PDGM clinical group CMS assigns to it, read from the CMS grouper crosswalk v07.2.26.
Codes in range
51
No clinical group
1
A period cannot be grouped from these.
Barred as primary
0
CMS rejects these in the primary position.
Where these codes group
39 of the 51 codes in A15-A19 group to MMTA - Infectious Disease, Neoplasms, and Blood-Forming Diseases, but the range is not uniform — it spreads across 3 clinical groups. A further 1 are assigned no clinical group at all, which means a 30-day period cannot be grouped from them.
Code families in A15-A19
One page per three-character family: every code in it, whether it can lead a claim, its clinical group and comorbidity subgroup.
Every code in A15-A19
Descriptions are CMS’s own, abbreviated as CMS abbreviates them.
| Code | Description | Clinical group | Primary position |
|---|---|---|---|
| A150 | Tuberculosis of lung | K | Can lead a claim |
| A154 | Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes | K | Can lead a claim |
| A155 | Tuberculosis of larynx, trachea and bronchus | K | Can lead a claim |
| A156 | Tuberculous pleurisy | K | Can lead a claim |
| A157 | Primary respiratory tuberculosis | K | Can lead a claim |
| A158 | Other respiratory tuberculosis | K | Can lead a claim |
| A159 | Respiratory tuberculosis unspecified | K | Can lead a claim |
| A170 | Tuberculous meningitis | B | Can lead a claim |
| A171 | Meningeal tuberculoma | B | Can lead a claim |
| A1781 | Tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord | B | Can lead a claim |
| A1782 | Tuberculous meningoencephalitis | B | Can lead a claim |
| A1783 | Tuberculous neuritis | B | Can lead a claim |
| A1789 | Other tuberculosis of nervous system | B | Can lead a claim |
| A179 | Tuberculosis of nervous system, unspecified | B | Can lead a claim |
| A1801 | Tuberculosis of spine | E | Can lead a claim |
| A1802 | Tuberculous arthritis of other joints | E | Can lead a claim |
| A1803 | Tuberculosis of other bones | E | Can lead a claim |
| A1809 | Other musculoskeletal tuberculosis | E | Can lead a claim |
| A1810 | Tuberculosis of genitourinary system, unspecified | None | Cannot lead a claim |
| A1811 | Tuberculosis of kidney and ureter | K | Can lead a claim |
| A1812 | Tuberculosis of bladder | K | Can lead a claim |
| A1813 | Tuberculosis of other urinary organs | K | Can lead a claim |
| A1814 | Tuberculosis of prostate | K | Can lead a claim |
| A1815 | Tuberculosis of other male genital organs | K | Can lead a claim |
| A1816 | Tuberculosis of cervix | K | Can lead a claim |
| A1817 | Tuberculous female pelvic inflammatory disease | K | Can lead a claim |
| A1818 | Tuberculosis of other female genital organs | K | Can lead a claim |
| A182 | Tuberculous peripheral lymphadenopathy | K | Can lead a claim |
| A1831 | Tuberculous peritonitis | K | Can lead a claim |
| A1832 | Tuberculous enteritis | K | Can lead a claim |
| A1839 | Retroperitoneal tuberculosis | K | Can lead a claim |
| A184 | Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous tissue | K | Can lead a claim |
| A1850 | Tuberculosis of eye, unspecified | K | Can lead a claim |
| A1851 | Tuberculous episcleritis | K | Can lead a claim |
| A1852 | Tuberculous keratitis | K | Can lead a claim |
| A1853 | Tuberculous chorioretinitis | K | Can lead a claim |
| A1854 | Tuberculous iridocyclitis | K | Can lead a claim |
| A1859 | Other tuberculosis of eye | K | Can lead a claim |
| A186 | Tuberculosis of (inner) (middle) ear | K | Can lead a claim |
| A187 | Tuberculosis of adrenal glands | K | Can lead a claim |
| A1881 | Tuberculosis of thyroid gland | K | Can lead a claim |
| A1882 | Tuberculosis of other endocrine glands | K | Can lead a claim |
| A1883 | Tuberculosis of digestive tract organs, NEC | K | Can lead a claim |
| A1884 | Tuberculosis of heart | K | Can lead a claim |
| A1885 | Tuberculosis of spleen | K | Can lead a claim |
| A1889 | Tuberculosis of other sites | K | Can lead a claim |
| A190 | Acute miliary tuberculosis of a single specified site | K | Can lead a claim |
| A191 | Acute miliary tuberculosis of multiple sites | K | Can lead a claim |
| A192 | Acute miliary tuberculosis, unspecified | K | Can lead a claim |
| A198 | Other miliary tuberculosis | K | Can lead a claim |
| A199 | Miliary tuberculosis, unspecified | K | Can lead a claim |
Source: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective 2026-10-01. This is the crosswalk Medicare runs a claim through. Grouping also depends on admission source, timing, the OASIS functional items and the rest of the diagnosis list.
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