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 2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 013.2
Tuberculoma of brain On October 1, 2008 the 2009 ICD-9-CM codes came into effect. Therefore, this code may be out of date.
The 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 013.2 can be accessed here. - A well-circumscribed mass composed of tuberculous granulation tissue that may occur in the cerebral hemispheres, cerebellum, brain stem, or perimeningeal spaces. Multiple lesions are quite common. Management of intracranial manifestations vary with lesion site. Intracranial tuberculomas may be associated with SEIZURES, focal neurologic deficits, and INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION. Spinal cord tuberculomas may be associated with localized or radicular pain, weakness, sensory loss, and incontinence. Tuberculomas may arise as OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS, but also occur in immunocompetent individuals.
- 013.2 is a non-specific code that cannot be used to specify a diagnosis
- 013.2 contains 8 index entries
- View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 013.* hierarchy
013.2 also known as:- Tuberculosis of brain (current disease)
Index entries containing 013.2:- Solitary
- tubercle, brain (see also Tuberculosis, brain)
 013.2
Tubercle - see also Tuberculosis- brain, solitary 013.2
Tuberculoma - see also Tuberculosis- brain (any part) 013.2
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (congenital) (degeneration) (disease) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (gangrene) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) 011.9- brain 013.2
- cerebellum (current) 013.2
- cerebral (current) 013.2
- cerebrum (current) 013.2
- medulla 013.9
- brain 013.2
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