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A15.6

Tuberculous pleurisy

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 13 never code together
A15.6code
Excludes1
  • primary respiratory tuberculosis (A15.7)A15.7A15.7
A15-A19block
Excludes1
  • congenital tuberculosis (P37.0)P37.0
  • nonspecific reaction to test for tuberculosis without active tuberculosis (R76.1-)R76.1-
  • pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis, any type in A15 (J65)A15J65
  • positive PPD (R76.11)R76.11
  • positive tuberculin skin test without active tuberculosis (R76.11)R76.11
  • sequelae of tuberculosis (B90.-)B90.-
  • silicotuberculosis (J65)J65
A00-B99chapter
Excludes1
  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
Excludes2
  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)Z22.-
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)O98.-
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)P35-P39
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)J00-J22

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 5
A15.6code
Inclusion terms
  • Tuberculosis of pleura Tuberculous empyema
A15-A19block
Includes
  • infections due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis
Use additional code
  • code, if applicable, for associated cachexia (E88.A)E88.A
A00-B99chapter
Includes
  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Use additional code
  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)Z16.-
Index entries leading here 11
  • Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) K66.0
  • Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) A15.9
    • bronchopleural A15.6
    • empyema A15.6
    • hemothorax A15.6
    • hydropneumothorax A15.6
    • hydrothorax A15.6
    • pleura, pleural, pleurisy, pleuritis (fibrinous) (obliterative) (purulent) (simple plastic) (with effusion) A15.6
    • pyopneumothorax A15.6
    • pyothorax A15.6
  • Pleurisy (acute) (adhesive) (chronic) (costal) (diaphragmatic) (double) (dry) (fibrinous) (fibrous) (interlobar) (latent) (plastic) (primary) (residual) (sicca) (sterile) (subacute) (unresolved) R09.1
    • with
      • effusion J90
        • tuberculous (non primary) A15.6
    • tuberculous (with effusion) (non primary) A15.6
  • Effusion
    • pleura, pleurisy, pleuritic, pleuropericardial J90
  • Empyema (acute) (chest) (double) (pleura) (supradiaphragmatic) (thorax) J86.9
  • Fistula (cutaneous) L98.8
    • pleura, pleural, pleurocutaneous, pleuroperitoneal J86.0
  • Hemothorax (bacterial) (nontuberculous) J94.2
  • Hydropneumothorax J94.8
  • Hydrothorax (double) (pleura) J94.8
    • tuberculous NEC (non primary) A15.6
  • Pyopneumothorax (infective) J86.9
  • Pyothorax J86.9
Alongside this code 6 same parent — A15
A15.0 Tuberculosis of lung A15.4 Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes A15.5 Tuberculosis of larynx, trachea and bronchus A15.7 Primary respiratory tuberculosis A15.8 Other respiratory tuberculosis A15.9 Respiratory tuberculosis unspecified
Additional references
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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
A15
Block
A15-A19
Siblings
6

Present FY2024–FY2027.