All ICD10 Codes

A17.81

Billable
ChapterA00–B99
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Official Description

Tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord

Metadata & Insights
  • •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • •Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
  • •Chapter 1: Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99).

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • Tuberculous abscess of brain and spinal cord
General instructions are available for the parent sections:
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Clinical Hierarchy

CH1Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
A15-A19Tuberculosis (A15-A19)
A17Tuberculosis of nervous system
A17.8Other tuberculosis of nervous system
A17.81Tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to A17.81:

blockA15-A19
Tuberculosis (A15-A19)
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chapterCH1
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to A17.81. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

19 raw paths
Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic)2 unique routes
brain (any part) (cystic) (otogenic)
tuberculous→A17.81
spinal cord (any part) (staphylococcal)
tuberculous→A17.81
Degeneration, degenerative1 unique routes
spinal (cord)
tuberculous→A17.81
Tubercle1 unique routes
brain, solitary→A17.81
Tuberculoma2 unique routes
brain→A17.81
spinal cord→A17.81
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative)13 unique routes
abscess (respiratory)(4 variants)
brain→A17.81
dura (mater) (cerebral) (spinal)→A17.81
epidural (cerebral) (spinal)→A17.81
spinal cord→A17.81
brain→A17.81
cerebellum→A17.81
cerebral, cerebrum→A17.81
cerebrospinal→A17.81
dura (mater) (cerebral) (spinal)
abscess (cerebral) (spinal)→A17.81
epidural abscess (cerebral) (spinal)→A17.81
medulla→A17.81
spine, spinal (column)(2 variants)
cord→A17.81
medulla→A17.81

MS-DRG Classification

2026 v43.1

This code is grouped within the following Diagnosis Related Group(s) for clinical reimbursement:

DRG 023
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex CNS Principal Diagnosis with MCC or Antineoplastic Implant or Epilepsy with Neurostimulator
DRG 024
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex CNS Principal Diagnosis without MCC
DRG 094
Bacterial and Tuberculous Infections of Nervous System with MCC
DRG 095
Bacterial and Tuberculous Infections of Nervous System with CC
DRG 096
Bacterial and Tuberculous Infections of Nervous System without CC/MCC
DRG 974
HIV with Major Related Condition with MCC
DRG 975
HIV with Major Related Condition with CC
DRG 976
HIV with Major Related Condition without CC/MCC

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