Non-specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 017.0
Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous cellular tissue
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017.0 Excludes
  • lupus erythematosus (695.4)
  • lupus NOS (710.0)
  • nonspecific reaction to test for tuberculosis without active tuberculosis (795.51-795.52)
  • positive PPD (795.51)
  • positive tuberculin skin test without active tuberculosis (795.51)
Applies To
  • Lupus:
    • exedens
    • vulgaris
  • Scrofuloderma
  • Tuberculosis:
    • colliquativa
    • cutis
    • lichenoides
    • papulonecrotica
    • verrucosa cutis
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 017.0:
  • Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9
    • skin NEC 682.9
      • tuberculous (primary) (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  • Acne (pustular) (vulgaris) 706.1
    • agminata (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
    • scrofulosorum (Bazin) (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  • Acnitis (primary) (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  • Cellulitis (diffuse) (with lymphangitis) (see also Abscess) 682.9
    • tuberculous (primary) (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  • Cicatrix (adherent) (contracted) (painful) (vicious) 709.2
    • skin 709.2
      • infected 686.8
      • postinfectional 709.2
      • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Lewandowski's (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  • Erythema, erythematous (generalized) 695.9
    • tuberculous (primary) (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  • Folliclis (primary) (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  • Gumma (syphilitic) 095.9
    • scrofulous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  • Hilliard's lupus (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  • Lewandowski's disease (primary) (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  • Lichen 697.9
    • scrofulosus (primary) (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  • Lichenoides tuberculosis (primary) (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  • Lupus 710.0
    • exedens 017.0
    • Hilliard's 017.0
    • miliaris disseminatus faciei 017.0
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
      • eyelid (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0 [373.4]
    • vulgaris 017.0
  • Paronychia (with lymphangitis) 681.9
    • tuberculous (primary) (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  • Scrofulide (primary) (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  • Scrofuloderma, scrofulodermia (any site) (primary) (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  • Scrofulosis lichen (primary) (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  • Tuberculid, tuberculide (indurating) (lichenoid) (miliary) (papulonecrotic) (primary) (skin) (subcutaneous) (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  • 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
    • cellular tissue (primary) 017.0
    • cellulitis (primary) 017.0
    • colliquativa (primary) 017.0
    • cutis (colliquativa) (primary) 017.0
    • ear (inner) (middle) 017.4
      • bone 015.6
      • external (primary) 017.0
      • skin (primary) 017.0
    • eyelid (primary) 017.0
    • lichenoides (primary) 017.0
    • luposa 017.0
    • orificialis (primary) 017.0
    • papulonecrotic (primary) 017.0
    • paronychia (primary) 017.0
    • skin (any site) (primary) 017.0
    • subcutaneous tissue (cellular) (primary) 017.0
    • subcutis (primary) 017.0
    • ulcer (primary) (skin) 017.0
      • bowel or intestine 014.8
      • specified site NEC - see Tuberculosis, by site
    • verruca (primary) 017.0
    • verrucosa (cutis) (primary) 017.0
  • Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative 707.9
  • Ulcus - see also Ulcer
    • cutis tuberculosum (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  • Verruca (filiformis) 078.10
    • necrogenica (primary) (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
    • tuberculosa (primary) (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  • Wart (digitate) (filiform) (infectious) (viral) 078.10
    • prosector (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
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