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A15.5 Tuberculosis of larynx, trachea and bronchus, confirmed bacteriologically and histologically

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A15.5 is the ICD-10 code for Tuberculosis of larynx, trachea and bronchus, confirmed bacteriologically and histologically. It is a four-character subcategory of A15 (Respiratory tuberculosis, bacteriologically and histologically confirmed), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block A15–A19 (Tuberculosis) in Chapter I, Certain infectious and parasitic diseases.

Code type
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
I · A00–B99
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What A15.5 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Tuberculosis of:
    • bronchus confirmed bacteriologically and histologically
    • glottis confirmed bacteriologically and histologically
    • larynx confirmed bacteriologically and histologically
    • trachea confirmed bacteriologically and histologically

A15.5 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

A15.5Tuberkulos i larynx, trakea och bronker, verifierad bakteriologiskt och histologiskt

NorwayICD-10-NO

A15.5Tuberkulose i strupehode, glottis, luftrør eller bronkie som er bekreftet bakteriologisk eller histologisk

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DA155Tuberkulose i struben, luftrøret eller bronkier verificeret bakteriologisk eller histologisk

FinlandICD-10-FI

A15.5Varmennettu kurkunpään, henkitorven tai keuhkoputkien tuberkuloosi

GermanyICD-10-GM

A15.5Tuberkulose des Larynx, der Trachea und der Bronchien, bakteriologisch, molekularbiologisch oder histologisch gesichert

FranceICD-10-FR

A15.5Tuberculose du larynx, de la trachée et des bronches, avec confirmation

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

A15.5tuberculose van larynx, trachea en bronchus, bacteriologisch en histologisch

United StatesICD-10-CM

A15.5Tuberculosis of larynx, trachea and bronchus

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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