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ICD-10-CM Code for Tuberculosis of eye, unspecified A18.50

ICD-10 code A18.50 for Tuberculosis of eye, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Certain infectious and parasitic diseases .

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Tuberculosis of eye, unspecified

A18.5

Excludes2: lupus vulgaris of eyelid (A18.4)

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