A15.7
Primary respiratory tuberculosis
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 12 never code together
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 4
Index entries leading here 9
- Adenopathy (lymph gland) R59.9
- Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) A15.9
- lymph gland or node (peripheral) A18.2
- bronchi, bronchial, bronchus A15.5
- pulmonary (cavitated) (fibrotic) (infiltrative) (nodular) A15.0
- complex, primary A15.7
- first infection A15.7
- hilar lymph nodes A15.4
- primary (progressive) A15.7
- immunological findings only A15.7
- infantile A15.7
- infection A15.9
- without clinical manifestations A15.7
- tracheobronchial A15.5
- trachea, tracheal A15.5
- mediastinal lymph gland or node A15.4
- primary (progressive) A15.7
- mediastinitis A15.8
- primary (progressive) A15.7
- mediastinum A15.8
- primary (progressive) A15.7
- pleura, pleural, pleurisy, pleuritis (fibrinous) (obliterative) (purulent) (simple plastic) (with effusion) A15.6
- primary (progressive) A15.7
- respiratory A15.9
- primary A15.7
- primary (complex) A15.7
- Complex
- primary, tuberculous A15.7
- Pleurisy (acute) (adhesive) (chronic) (costal) (diaphragmatic) (double) (dry) (fibrinous) (fibrous) (interlobar) (latent) (plastic) (primary) (residual) (sicca) (sterile) (subacute) (unresolved) R09.1
- Effusion
- Epituberculosis (with atelectasis) (allergic) A15.7
- Tubercle — see also Tuberculosis
- Ghon, primary infection A15.7
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9
- Ghon tubercle, primary A15.7
- Ghon tubercle, primary infection A15.7
Alongside this code 6 same parent — A15
Additional references
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