A17.0
Tuberculous meningitis
Billable
Code Hierarchy
A17A17.0
Chapter: 1. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Section: A15-A19 - Tuberculosis
Coding Guidelines
Inclusion Terms
- Tuberculosis of meninges (cerebral)(spinal)
- Tuberculous leptomeningitis
Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)
These codes should never be used together with A17.0
- A17.82 - tuberculous meningoencephalitis (A17.82)
