015 Tuberculosis of bones and joints (015.00-015.96) ICD-9-CM
The 015.00-015.96 block classified 015 tuberculosis of bones and joints with 56 legacy diagnosis codes. None remain valid for claim submission; each code below links to its reference page with the official ICD-10-CM replacement under the CMS General Equivalence Mappings.
Retired Code Set
ICD-9-CM stopped being valid for U.S. claims with dates of service on or after October 1, 2015, when ICD-10-CM replaced it. Use this index for historical lookups and crosswalking; for current coding, start from the ICD-10-CM codes list or the ICD-9 / ICD-10 converter.
Legacy Codes in the 015.00-015.96 Block 56 codes
None of these codes remain valid for claim submission. Each code page shows its ICD-10-CM replacement under the CMS General Equivalence Mappings.
- 015.00 TB of vertebra-unspec
- 015.01 TB of vertebra-no exam
- 015.02 TB of vertebra-exam unkn
- 015.03 TB of vertebra-micro dx
- 015.04 TB of vertebra-cult dx
- 015.05 TB of vertebra-histo dx
- 015.06 TB of vertebra-oth test
- 015.10 TB of hip-unspec
- 015.11 TB of hip-no exam
- 015.12 TB of hip-exam unkn
- 015.13 TB of hip-micro dx
- 015.14 TB of hip-cult dx
- 015.15 TB of hip-histo dx
- 015.16 TB of hip-oth test
- 015.20 TB of knee-unspec
- 015.21 TB of knee-no exam
- 015.22 TB of knee-exam unkn
- 015.23 TB of knee-micro dx
- 015.24 TB of knee-cult dx
- 015.25 TB of knee-histo dx
- 015.26 TB of knee-oth test
- 015.50 TB of limb bones-unspec
- 015.51 TB limb bones-no exam
- 015.52 TB limb bones-exam unkn
- 015.53 TB limb bones-micro dx
- 015.54 TB limb bones-cult dx
- 015.55 TB limb bones-histo dx
- 015.56 TB limb bones-oth test
- 015.60 TB of mastoid-unspec
- 015.61 TB of mastoid-no exam
- 015.62 TB of mastoid-exam unkn
- 015.63 TB of mastoid-micro dx
- 015.64 TB of mastoid-cult dx
- 015.65 TB of mastoid-histo dx
- 015.66 TB of mastoid-oth test
- 015.70 TB of bone NEC-unspec
- 015.71 TB of bone NEC-no exam
- 015.72 TB of bone NEC-exam unkn
- 015.73 TB of bone NEC-micro dx
- 015.74 TB of bone NEC-cult dx
- 015.75 TB of bone NEC-histo dx
- 015.76 TB of bone NEC-oth test
- 015.80 TB of joint NEC-unspec
- 015.81 TB of joint NEC-no exam
- 015.82 TB joint NEC-exam unkn
- 015.83 TB of joint NEC-micro dx
- 015.84 TB of joint NEC-cult dx
- 015.85 TB of joint NEC-histo dx
- 015.86 TB of joint NEC-oth test
- 015.90 TB bone/joint NOS-unspec
- 015.91 TB bone/jt NOS-no exam
- 015.92 TB bone/jt NOS-exam unkn
- 015.93 TB bone/jt NOS-micro dx
- 015.94 TB bone/jt NOS-cult dx
- 015.95 TB bone/jt NOS-histo dx
- 015.96 TB bone/jt NOS-oth test
Questions About This Page
Are the 015.00-015.96 codes still billable?
No. Every code in this block became invalid for U.S. claims after September 30, 2015. Each code page linked above shows the ICD-10-CM replacement CMS assigned in the General Equivalence Mappings, and the ICD-9 / ICD-10 converter translates any of them directly.
What did the 015.00-015.96 block classify?
The block classified 015 tuberculosis of bones and joints with 56 codes in the final ICD-9-CM release. It sat under Infectious and parasitic diseases (001–139) in the legacy hierarchy.
Related References
Source: final CMS ICD-9-CM release (version date October 1, 2014). Retired from U.S. claims after September 30, 2015.
