A18.32 vs J65

A18.32 (Tuberculous enteritis) compared with J65 (Pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis), from the official CMS tabular data.

Summary

These codes should not be reported together because A18.32’s tabular entry lists J65 under Excludes1.

Official rule

What is different?

The conditions named and chapter.A18.32 is “Tuberculous enteritis”; J65 is “Pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis”. A18.32 sits in A00-B99 — Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99); J65 in J00-J99 — Diseases of the Respiratory System (J00-J99).

Registry fact

Can these codes be reported together?

No.A18.32’s entry carries an Excludes1 note covering J65: “pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis, any type in A15 (J65)”. Both may be reported only when the documentation shows the two conditions are unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Official ruleGuide: Excludes1 vs Excludes2

Is there an Excludes1 relationship?

Yes.A18.32’s tabular entry: “pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis, any type in A15 (J65)”. The note covers J65.

Official ruleGuide: Excludes1 vs Excludes2

Is there an Excludes2 relationship?

None.Neither entry carries an Excludes2 note that names the other code. J65 carries 2 Excludes2 notes covering other codes; the side-by-side table quotes them.

Official rule

Is one more specific?

Not comparable.The codes sit in different categories; specificity is only comparable within one category.

Is one a parent or header code?

No.Both are billable codes, and neither contains the other.

Registry fact

Are there sequencing instructions?

None.Neither entry carries a Code First or Use Additional Code note that names the other.

Official rule

Are there other coding relationships?

None found.No laterality, encounter-phase, Table of Neoplasms, Table of Drugs and Chemicals, or history-versus-active-disease relationship links these codes.

MedCoder-derived

Official rule: a tabular instructional note or a section of the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, quoted as published. Registry fact: the codes’ own published attributes (titles, billable status, position in the hierarchy, code set). MedCoder-derived: a reading MedCoder computes from those facts; it is not itself a rule. How to read the labels

Can these codes be reported together?

Excludes1 — generally not reported together

Excludes1 conflict

A18.32

Tuberculous enteritis

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J65

Pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis

What we found

No — do not report together.A18.32 carries an Excludes1 note covering J65: “pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis, any type in A15 (J65)”

Sole exception: when the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

What to review

Report one of the two. Both may be reported only when the documentation shows the two conditions are unrelated to each other.

Guide: Excludes1 vs Excludes2 Check these on a claim

Why it matters

An Excludes1 note means the two conditions are not ordinarily reported together for the same encounter, because the classification treats them as mutually exclusive forms of the same condition. The documented exception is when the two conditions are unrelated to each other.

Source / rule

CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes; ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a

Official guidance behind these answers

Section I.A.12.a — Excludes1 · applies to: Excludes1
A type 1 Excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means “NOT CODED HERE!” An Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition. An exception to the Excludes1 definition is the circumstance when the two conditions are unrelated to each other. If it is not clear whether the two conditions involving an Excludes1 note are related or not, query the provider. For example, code F45.8, Other somatoform disorders, has an Excludes1 note for "sleep related teeth grinding (G47.63)," because "teeth grinding" is an inclusion term under F45.8. Only one of these two codes should be assigned for teeth grinding. However psychogenic dysmenorrhea is also an inclusion term under F45.8, and a patient could have both this condition and sleep related teeth grinding. In this case, the two conditions are clearly unrelated to each other, and so it would be appropriate to report F45.8 and G47.63 together.
ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines FY2026

Quoted from the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting in effect for the release shown. The tabular notes above are the code-level instruction; these sections are the convention that says how such a note is applied. Source document (CMS PDF) · Release and checksum

Side by side

	A18.32Tuberculous enteritis	J65Pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis
Billing status	Billable	Billable
Classification	A00-B99 — Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99)	J00-J99 — Diseases of the Respiratory System (J00-J99)
Definition	Tuberculous enteritis is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (A18.32).	Pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (J65).
Includes	infections due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis Tuberculosis of anus and rectum Tuberculosis of intestine (large) (small)	Any condition in J60-J64 with tuberculosis, any type in A15 Silicotuberculosis
Excludes1	congenital tuberculosis (P37.0) nonspecific reaction to test for tuberculosis without active tuberculosis (R76.1-) pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis, any type in A15 (J65) positive PPD (R76.11) positive tuberculin skin test without active tuberculosis (R76.11) sequelae of tuberculosis (B90.-) silicotuberculosis (J65)	—
Excludes2	—	asthma (J45.-) malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.-)
Use additional code	code, if applicable, for associated cachexia (E88.A)	code, if applicable, for associated cachexia (E88.A)

Notes are the code’s own tabular entry, quoted as published. A note that names the other code is the one the verdict above rests on.

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Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2027). A coding-rule comparison, not billing advice: payer-specific edits and medical-necessity policy are outside its scope. All data sources