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Non-specific code 2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 015.6
Tuberculosis of mastoid
  • There are 7 ICD-9-CM codes below 015.6 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
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  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 015.6: 2014 2015.
Applies To
  • Tuberculous mastoiditis
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 015.6:
  • Mastoiditis (coalescent) (hemorrhagic) (pneumococcal) (streptococcal) (suppurative) 383.9
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 015.6
  • 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
    • ear (inner) (middle) 017.4
      • bone 015.6
      • external (primary) 017.0
      • skin (primary) 017.0
    • mastoiditis 015.6
 015.56 ICD9Data.com 015.60 
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