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Specific code 2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 795.5
Nonspecific reaction to tuberculin skin test without active tuberculosis
  • Short description: TUBERCULIN TEST REACTION.
  • ICD-9-CM 795.5 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 795.5 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
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Approximate Synonyms
  • Heaf test grade 1
  • Heaf test grade 1-2
  • Heaf test grade 2
  • Heaf test grade 3
  • Heaf test grade 4
  • Mantoux: delayed reaction
  • Mantoux: positive
  • Nonspecific tuberculin test reaction
  • Positive skin test reaction
  • Susceptibility skin test abnormal
  • Susceptibility to tuberculosis
  • Tuberculin skin test positive
Applies To
  • Abnormal result of Mantoux test
  • PPD positive
  • Tuberculin (skin test):
    • positive
    • reactor
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 795.5:
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities - see also Anomaly
    • Mantoux test 795.5
  • Converter, tuberculosis (test reaction) 795.5
  • Findings, abnormal, without diagnosis (examination) (laboratory test) 796.4
    • PPD 795.5
    • skin test, positive 795.79
      • tuberculin (without active tuberculosis) 795.5
    • tuberculin skin test (without active tuberculosis) 795.5
  • Positive
    • PPD 795.5
    • skin test 795.7
      • tuberculin (without active tuberculosis) 795.5
  • Reaction
    • tuberculin skin test, nonspecific (without active tuberculosis) 795.5
      • positive (without active tuberculosis) 795.5
  • Sensitivity, sensitization - see also Allergy
    • tuberculin, without clinical or radiological symptoms 795.5
  • 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
    • converter (tuberculin skin test) (without disease) 795.5
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