1B12.2

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Tuberculosis of ear

Description

This is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This diagnosis is of the ear.

Index terms

  • Tuberculosis of ear
  • tuberculous ear
  • Tuberculous otitis media
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  • otitis media in tuberculosis
  • tuberculosis of middle ear
  • Tuberculosis of inner ear

Inclusions

  • Tuberculous otitis media

Excludes

  • 1B12.40 – Tuberculous mastoiditis
  • 1B12.8 – tuberculosis of skin of external ear

Exclusions from above levels

  • CA60.3 – Pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis
  • NE83.1 – Infection arising from device, implant or graft, not elsewhere classified

Sibling codes

  • 1B12.0 – Tuberculosis of heart
  • 1B12.1 – Tuberculosis of eye
  • 1B12.3 – Tuberculosis of endocrine glands
  • 1B12.4 – Tuberculosis of the musculoskeletal system
  • 1B12.5 – Tuberculosis of the genitourinary system
  • 1B12.6 – Tuberculous peripheral lymphadenopathy
  • 1B12.7 – Tuberculosis of the digestive system
  • 1B12.8 – Cutaneous tuberculosis
  • 1B12.Y – Tuberculosis of other specified organ or site

Foundation entity

Tuberculosis of ear – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/883140666

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 1B12: Tuberculosis of other systems or organs › 01: Certain infectious or parasitic diseases