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A15.7 ICD-10-CM Code: Primary respiratory tuberculosis

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Coding at a Glance

Tabular directives
1 inclusion term · 7 Excludes1 · 1 use-additional code

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43, Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 177 — RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC (MDC 04)
  • MS-DRG 178 — RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH CC (MDC 04)
  • MS-DRG 179 — RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITHOUT CC/MCC (MDC 04)
  • MS-DRG 974 — HIV WITH MAJOR RELATED CONDITION WITH MCC (MDC 25)
  • MS-DRG 975 — HIV WITH MAJOR RELATED CONDITION WITH CC (MDC 25)
  • MS-DRG 976 — HIV WITH MAJOR RELATED CONDITION WITHOUT CC/MCC (MDC 25)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for A15.7 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2026Effective: October 1, 2025

Notes without a marker are published on A15.7 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Includes

Conditions the official ICD-10-CM tabular list includes under this code.

  • infections due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis

Source: inherited from A15-A19

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Source: inherited from A15-A19

Use Additional Code

Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.

  • Use additional code, if applicable, for associated cachexia (E88.A)

Source: inherited from A15-A19

Coder workflow for A15.7

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Before you code A15.7

  1. Check the Excludes1 note: if the documentation supports a condition named there, do not simply proceed with A15.7. Excludes1 conditions are not reported together with this code unless the record shows they are unrelated (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

    See the official tabular notes

Choose the right path

  1. Does the documentation support a condition named in A15.7’s Excludes1 note?
    Yes → Do not simply proceed: review the excluded code. Both are reported only when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated.
    No → Continue.

    ReviewP37.0, R76.1, J65, R76.11, B90

Consider A15.7. Then work the Use Additional Code note, and confirm the code is valid for the date of service in the Verify section.

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement
Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).
The conditions the Use Additional Code note names
Reported with this code when documented; a conditional instruction (“if applicable”, “if known”) applies only when the record supports it.

Official instructions as workflow

  • Excludes1 — check before selecting A15.7(7 notes)

    Coding workflow: If the documentation supports a condition named in this note, do not simply proceed with A15.7: the two are not reported together. The one exception is when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated to each other.

    CompareP37.0, R76.1, J65, R76.11, B90

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.a

  • Use Additional Code — after identifying A15.7(1 note)

    Coding workflow: Check whether the documentation supports the additional code(s) the note names, and report them with A15.7 when it does. Where the instruction is conditional (“if applicable”, “if known”), it applies only when the record documents the condition.

    ReviewE88.A

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.13

Coding decision scenarios

Pattern scenarios for this code’s structure — decision rules, not clinical cases

Documentation: Both the condition A15.7 describes and a condition named in its Excludes1 note are documented for the same encounter.

Coding question: Can both codes be reported?

Path: Review the Excludes1 note and the excluded code, and look for a provider statement on whether the two conditions are related.

Reason: Excludes1 means the two are not coded together; the exception is when the record shows the conditions are unrelated to each other (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

ReviewP37.0, R76.1, J65, R76.11, B90

Documentation: A condition the Use Additional Code note names is documented.

Coding question: Is a second code reported with A15.7?

Path: Review the Use Additional Code note and the code it names.

Reason: The additional code is reported when the record documents the condition; a conditional instruction applies only when its condition is met (Guidelines I.A.13).

ReviewE88.A

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Code Overview

Primary respiratory tuberculosis is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (A15.7).

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Indexed Clinical Terms (34)

Official source data — entries quoted as published, in the Index’s own lookup phrasing

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code. These are alphabetic-index entries shown as the Index writes them — lookup phrasing, not necessarily the wording of a final diagnosis.

Verify Before Coding

  • CC as a secondary diagnosis (FY2026). Can raise the stay's MS-DRG severity tier.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Relationships & Classification

MedCoder structured relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name A15.7 or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

Referenced by 4 Excludes1 notes across 2 chapters: A15.4 — Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes, A15.6 — Tuberculous pleurisy, J93 — Pneumothorax and air leak (via A15.-), J94 — Other pleural conditions (via A15.-).

These codes’ tabular lists mark this diagnosis as mutually exclusive — not reported together unless the conditions are documented as unrelated.

Referenced by 1 Excludes2 note: A31 — Infection due to other mycobacteria (via A15.-).

These codes’ tabular lists name this diagnosis as distinct — both may be reported when both are documented.

Referenced by 1 Code Also instruction: D61.82 — Myelophthisis (via A15.-).

These codes suggest coding this condition alongside when both are present.

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2026)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

FY2026 MS-DRG: CC — Complication or Comorbidity. Reported as a secondary diagnosis, this code raises the stay's MS-DRG severity tier — except when the principal diagnosis is one of 50 clinically related codes on its CMS exclusion list. Does not count toward severity when the stay groups to DRGs 974-976 (HIV with Major Related Condition).

Named in the grouper logic of 6 MS-DRGs: DRG 177 (MDC 04), DRG 178 (MDC 04), DRG 179 (MDC 04), DRG 974 (MDC 25), DRG 975 (MDC 25), DRG 976 (MDC 25).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):INF001 — Tuberculosis (default); RSP016 — Other specified and unspecified lower respiratory disease.

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Same clinical process (MS-DRG)

Acts as CC — raises the severity of other admissions. CMS groups these diagnoses into one MS-DRG principal-diagnosis exclusion process — a CC/MCC on this list never raises severity when the principal diagnosis is also on it.

A15.0 — Tuberculosis of lung, A15.4 — Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes, A15.5 — Tuberculosis of larynx, trachea and bronchus, A15.6 — Tuberculous pleurisy, A15.8 — Other respiratory tuberculosis, A15.9 — Respiratory tuberculosis unspecified, A17.0 — Tuberculous meningitis, A17.1 — Meningeal tuberculoma, A17.81 — Tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord, A17.82 — Tuberculous meningoencephalitis, A17.89 — Other tuberculosis of nervous system, A17.9 — Tuberculosis of nervous system, unspecified, A18.01 — Tuberculosis of spine, A18.02 — Tuberculous arthritis of other joints, A18.03 — Tuberculosis of other bones, A18.09 — Other musculoskeletal tuberculosis, A18.10 — Tuberculosis of genitourinary system, unspecified, A18.11 — Tuberculosis of kidney and ureter, A18.12 — Tuberculosis of bladder, A18.13 — Tuberculosis of other urinary organs, +29 more

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical categories (Tuberculosis, Other specified and unspecified lower respiratory disease).

A06.5 — Amebic lung abscess, A15.0 — Tuberculosis of lung, A15.4 — Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes, A15.5 — Tuberculosis of larynx, trachea and bronchus, A15.6 — Tuberculous pleurisy, A15.8 — Other respiratory tuberculosis, A15.9 — Respiratory tuberculosis unspecified, A17.0 — Tuberculous meningitis, A17.1 — Meningeal tuberculoma, A17.81 — Tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord, A17.82 — Tuberculous meningoencephalitis, A17.83 — Tuberculous neuritis, A17.89 — Other tuberculosis of nervous system, A17.9 — Tuberculosis of nervous system, unspecified, A18.01 — Tuberculosis of spine, A18.02 — Tuberculous arthritis of other joints, A18.03 — Tuberculosis of other bones, A18.09 — Other musculoskeletal tuberculosis, A18.10 — Tuberculosis of genitourinary system, unspecified, A18.11 — Tuberculosis of kidney and ureter, +115 more

Same Index main term, other category

The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries files this code under the main terms “Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous”, “Tubercle”; these codes share that main term but sit in a different category of the Tabular List.

A17.0 — Tuberculous meningitis (dura), A17.81 — Tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord (brain, solitary), A17.82 — Tuberculous meningoencephalitis (myelitis), A17.83 — Tuberculous neuritis (nerve), A17.89 — Other tuberculosis of nervous system (polyneuropathy), A17.9 — Tuberculosis of nervous system, unspecified (nervous system), A18.01 — Tuberculosis of spine (sacrum), A18.02 — Tuberculous arthritis of other joints (hip), A18.03 — Tuberculosis of other bones (jaw), A18.09 — Other musculoskeletal tuberculosis (bursa), A18.10 — Tuberculosis of genitourinary system, unspecified (genitourinary), A18.11 — Tuberculosis of kidney and ureter (renal), A18.12 — Tuberculosis of bladder (bladder), A18.13 — Tuberculosis of other urinary organs (abscess, urinary), A18.14 — Tuberculosis of prostate (prostate, prostatitis), A18.15 — Tuberculosis of other male genital organs (penis), A18.16 — Tuberculosis of cervix (cervicitis, cervix), A18.17 — Tuberculous female pelvic inflammatory disease (tubal), A18.18 — Tuberculosis of other female genital organs (vulva), A18.2 — Tuberculous peripheral lymphadenopathy (cervical), +70 more

Lab tests where this diagnosis supports Medicare coverage (NCD)

Medicare's National Coverage Determination (NCD) program lists this diagnosis as medical justification for these lab tests.

HIV Screening Test

Contextual Map

Every relationship of A15.7 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Run A15.7 with these 6 related codes in Claim Check

Hierarchy

Referenced by Excludes1 notes

Referenced by Excludes2 notes

Referenced by Code Also instructions

  • D61.82 — Myelophthisis[Code Also](via A15.-): “tuberculosis (A15.-)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MS-DRG Grouper

MDC crossing

  • MDC 04 — Diseases and Disorders of the Respiratory System[MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Respiratory System — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs. 3,998 same-MDC procedures group here; browse them on the MDC page.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2026
  • MDC 25 — Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infections[MDC crossing]: “Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infections — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2026

Index entries (34)

  • Adenopathy (lymph gland), tracheobronchial, tuberculous, primary (progressive)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Adenopathy (lymph gland), tuberculous, tracheobronchial, primary (progressive)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Complex, primary, tuberculous[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Effusion, pleura, pleurisy, pleuritic, pleuropericardial, tuberculous NEC, primary (progressive)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Epituberculosis (with atelectasis) (allergic)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Ghon tubercle, primary infection[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic), Ghon tubercle, primary[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Pleurisy (acute) (adhesive) (chronic) (costal) (diaphragmatic) (double) (dry) (fibrinous) (fibrous) (interlobar) (latent) (plastic) (primary) (residual) (sicca) (sterile) (subacute) (unresolved), tuberculous (with effusion) (non primary), primary (progressive)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • and 26 more

Nearest codes

Change history

  • FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger) · icd10cm-fy2016

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2026 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2025 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v43.1 (April 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Inpatient payment groups Official source data
CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v43 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder explanation
Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

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Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Primary respiratory tuberculosis

No changes since FY2016 — additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes are tracked through FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026), and none are recorded for this code. Note changes are tracked from FY2027 only.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to A15.7 in its code family, with their registry titles.

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