Non-specific code 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 018.8
Other specified miliary tuberculosis
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  • There are 7 ICD-9-CM codes below 018.8 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 018.8: 2015.
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 018.8:
  • 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
    • general, generalized 018.9
    • miliary (any site) 018.9
      • acute 018.0
      • chronic 018.8
      • specified type NEC 018.8
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