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ICD-10 Code A15.8: Other respiratory tuberculosis
Reviewed by HealthAssure Clinical TeamUpdated 26 May 2026
What is this code?
ICD-10 codes are diagnosis classification codes used in healthcare records, reporting, coding workflows, and billing support. This code sits within the broader ICD-10 area for Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).
đź“‹Clinical overview
This ICD-10 code is commonly used when documentation describes respiratory tuberculosis. The most accurate code depends on whether the chart identifies lung, intrathoracic lymph-node, laryngeal, tracheobronchial, pleural, primary respiratory, or another respiratory tuberculosis site.
When is it used?
- May be used when a clinician documents other respiratory tuberculosis in a patient's medical record.
- May appear in hospital records, claims, referrals, and clinical documentation.
- This code can be used as a clinically usable diagnosis entry in standardized coding workflows.
What it does not mean
- A code alone does not explain severity, treatment plan, or outcome.
- A medical code should not be treated as a substitute for a doctor's diagnosis or advice.
đź©şClinical context
When commonly used
- Infectious-disease, pulmonary, inpatient, public-health, and follow-up documentation where active tuberculosis involves the lungs or another respiratory structure.
- Coding and utilization-review workflows where the chart clearly identifies the affected respiratory site and that site changes final tuberculosis code specificity.
Common workup
- Common related testing on this page includes Sputum acid-fast bacilli smear, Mycobacterium tuberculosis PCR.
Common management context
- Respiratory-tuberculosis follow-up often includes microbiology and imaging review, isolation or transmission-precaution context, symptom monitoring, and infectious-disease or pulmonary treatment planning.
- Documentation usually becomes more specific when the chart identifies lung versus pleural versus airway versus intrathoracic-lymph-node involvement, or clarifies another respiratory-site pattern.
- Specialist context already linked on this page includes Infectious Disease Specialist, General Physician, Pulmonologist.
🔍Key distinctions
Important notes
- This ICD-10 family covers respiratory tuberculosis and is distinct from extrapulmonary tuberculosis branches because the involved respiratory site drives code selection.
- Specific respiratory-site detail matters here, because lung, pleura, intrathoracic lymph nodes, larynx, trachea, bronchus, and other respiratory structures are coded separately when documented.
- Other respiratory tuberculosis is coded separately from the named lung, pleural, lymph-node, laryngeal or tracheobronchial, and primary respiratory branches.
- Documentation that describes respiratory tuberculosis is coded differently from extrapulmonary tuberculosis because the affected respiratory site drives final code selection.
Related codes to consider
A15.0Tuberculosis of lung
Related respiratory-tuberculosis ICD-10 code; documentation often becomes more specific when the chart identifies the affected respiratory site or names a more precise anatomic location.
A15.4Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes
Related respiratory-tuberculosis ICD-10 code; documentation often becomes more specific when the chart identifies the affected respiratory site or names a more precise anatomic location.
A15.5Tuberculosis of larynx, trachea and bronchus
Related respiratory-tuberculosis ICD-10 code; documentation often becomes more specific when the chart identifies the affected respiratory site or names a more precise anatomic location.
A15.6Tuberculous pleurisy
Related respiratory-tuberculosis ICD-10 code; documentation often becomes more specific when the chart identifies the affected respiratory site or names a more precise anatomic location.
Code hierarchy
chapter
1Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
block
A15-A19Tuberculosis
category
A15Respiratory tuberculosis
currentA15
Official coding notes
Inclusion terms
- Mediastinal tuberculosis
- Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis of nose
- Tuberculosis of sinus [any nasal]
Where you may see this code
You may see this code in hospital records, discharge summaries, insurance claims, encounter documentation, referrals, or other healthcare billing and coding records.
Related specialists
Infectious Disease SpecialistGeneral PhysicianPulmonologist
Related tests
Sputum acid-fast bacilli smear
Commonly considered in pulmonary tuberculosis workup.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis PCR
May help identify tuberculosis DNA in appropriate clinical settings.
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Coding guidelines
Compatibility
Legacy and official ICD code match exactly.
Legacy codes
A15.8
Common synonyms
Other respiratory tuberculosis
Frequently asked questions
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