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ICD-10-CM Code for Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous tissue A18.4

ICD-10 code A18.4 for Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous tissue is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Certain infectious and parasitic diseases .

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Official Long Descriptor

Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous tissue
Erythema induratum, tuberculous
Lupus exedens
Lupus vulgaris NOS
Lupus vulgaris of eyelid
Scrofuloderma
Tuberculosis of external ear
Excludes2: lupus erythematosus (L93.-)
systemic lupus erythematosus (M32.-)

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