Nontuberculous mycobacteria: Difference between revisions
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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
incl avium, intracellulare, kansasii, marinum {sc: mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex MAC} | incl avium, intracellulare, kansasii, marinum {sc: mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex MAC} | ||
Also known as environmental mycobacteria, atypical mycobacteria, and mycobacteria other than tuberculosis (MOTT), are mycobacteria which do not cause tuberculosis or leprosy, but they do cause pulmonary disease that resemble tuberculosis. | |||
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead == | ||