ICD-10-CM Code A19.2

Valid for Submission

A19.2 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of acute miliary tuberculosis, unspecified. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code A19.2 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like acute diffuse tuberculosis, acute miliary cutaneous tuberculosis, acute miliary tuberculosis, acute tuberculosis, disseminated tuberculosis, miliary tuberculosis, etc

Index to Diseases and Injuries

The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code A19.2 are found in the index:

• - Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) - A15.9
  • - miliary - A19.9
    • - acute - A19.2

Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

• Acute diffuse tuberculosis
• Acute miliary cutaneous tuberculosis
• Acute miliary tuberculosis
• Acute tuberculosis
• Disseminated tuberculosis
• Miliary tuberculosis

Diagnostic Related Groups

The ICD-10 code A19.2 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V37.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2020 through 09/30/2020.

• 867 - OTHER INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES DIAGNOSES WITH MCC
• 868 - OTHER INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES DIAGNOSES WITH CC
• 869 - OTHER INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES DIAGNOSES WITHOUT CC/MCC

Convert A19.2 to ICD-9

• 018.00 - Acute miliary tb-unspec (Approximate Flag)

Code Classification

• Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
  • Tuberculosis (A15-A19)
    • Miliary tuberculosis (A19)

Code History

• FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
  (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
• FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
• FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
• FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
• FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020

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