Billable Medical Code for Nonspecific Reaction To Tuberculin Skin Test Without Active Tuberculosis
Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 795.51
Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 795.51.
The Short Description Is: Nonsp rea skn test wo tb.
Known As
Positive PPD is also known as mantoux: positive, PPD positive, and tuberculin skin test positive. This excludes non specific reaction to cell mediated immunity measurement of gamma interferon antigen response without active tuberculosis (795.52) This applies to abnormal result of mantoux test, PPD positive, tuberculin (skin test) positive, and tuberculing (skin test) reactor.
nonspecific reaction to cell mediated immunity measurement of gamma interferon antigen response without active tuberculosis (795.52)
Positive PPD Definition
Positive PPD is a skin test used to determine an immune response to the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. A positive PPD test can be received if a person was exposed to TB in the past, currently have TB, of if they received the BCG vaccine against TB.