A15.6
ICD-10BillableTuberculous pleurisy
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Tuberculous pleurisy
A15.6 is valid for submission on a claim — CMS flags it as a billable, specific code.
Inclusion terms
- Tuberculosis of pleura Tuberculous empyema
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- primary respiratory tuberculosis (A15.7)
Related codes in A15
Where this code sits
- Parent code
- A15
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.