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ICD-10 Code A19.8: Other miliary tuberculosis

A19.8 is a billable ICD-10 diagnosis code used to classify Other miliary tuberculosis in medical records and claims. You may see this code in hospital records, discharge summaries, insurance claims, encounter documentation, referrals, or other healthcare billing and coding records. 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).

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 miliary tuberculosis. The most accurate code depends on whether the chart identifies acute miliary disease of a single specified site, multiple sites, another miliary pattern, or an unspecified miliary-tuberculosis presentation.

When is it used?

  • May be used when a clinician documents other miliary 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, emergency, and follow-up documentation where disseminated tuberculosis is part of the active assessment or treatment plan.
  • Coding and utilization-review workflows where the record distinguishes single-site versus multisite acute miliary tuberculosis or another disseminated pattern and that distinction changes final code specificity.
Common management context
  • Miliary-tuberculosis follow-up often includes microbiology and imaging review, symptom and organ-system monitoring, inpatient or infectious-disease management context, and treatment planning for disseminated disease.
  • Documentation usually becomes more specific when the chart identifies acute presentation, clarifies whether dissemination is limited to a single specified site versus multiple sites, or better defines another miliary pattern.
  • Specialist context already linked on this page includes Infectious Disease Specialist, General Physician.

🔍Key distinctions

Important notes
  • This ICD-10 family captures miliary tuberculosis and is distinct from localized pulmonary or extrapulmonary tuberculosis branches because disseminated spread is the defining feature.
  • Extent-of-dissemination detail matters here, especially when the chart distinguishes acute miliary disease at one site from acute disease involving multiple sites.
  • Other miliary tuberculosis is a residual branch used when the chart supports a disseminated miliary-tuberculosis pattern that does not fit the named acute single-site, acute multiple-site, or unspecified options.
  • Documentation that describes miliary tuberculosis is coded differently from localized pulmonary or extrapulmonary tuberculosis because disseminated hematogenous spread is the main specificity driver in this family.
Related codes to consider
A19.0Acute miliary tuberculosis of a single specified site
Related miliary-tuberculosis ICD-10 code; documentation often becomes more specific when the chart identifies acute single-site versus multiple-site dissemination or clarifies another miliary pattern.
A19.1Acute miliary tuberculosis of multiple sites
Related miliary-tuberculosis ICD-10 code; documentation often becomes more specific when the chart identifies acute single-site versus multiple-site dissemination or clarifies another miliary pattern.
A19.2Acute miliary tuberculosis, unspecified
Related miliary-tuberculosis ICD-10 code; documentation often becomes more specific when the chart identifies acute single-site versus multiple-site dissemination or clarifies another miliary pattern.
A19.9Miliary tuberculosis, unspecified
Related miliary-tuberculosis ICD-10 code; documentation often becomes more specific when the chart identifies acute single-site versus multiple-site dissemination or clarifies another miliary pattern.

Code hierarchy

chapter
1Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
block
A15-A19Tuberculosis
category
A19Miliary tuberculosis
currentA19

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 Physician

Coding guidelines

Compatibility

Legacy and official ICD code match exactly.
Legacy codes
A19.8

Common synonyms

Other miliary tuberculosis

Frequently asked questions

Code details

CodeA19.8
SystemICD10
Display nameOther miliary tuberculosis
ChapterCertain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
BlockTuberculosis

Flags

BillableYes
Valid clinical useYes

Source

SourceICD-10
Version2026-annual
Releaseannual
Year2026

Index terms

Matched terms
PolyserositisTuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous(calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative)Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous(calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative)Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous(calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative)Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous(calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative)

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