Diagnosis Code: 036.0

Short Description: Meningococcal meningitis

Long Description: Meningococcal meningitis

Code Classification:

• Infectious and parasitic diseases (001–139)
  • Other bacterial diseases (030-041)
    • 036 Meningococcal infection
      • 036.0 Meningococcal meningitis

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 036.0 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Arachnoiditis (acute) (adhesive) (basic) (brain) (cerebrospinal) (chiasmal) (chronic) (spinal) (see also Meningitis) 322.9
  • meningococcal (chronic) 036.0

• Fever 780.60
  • cerebrospinal (meningococcal) (see also Meningitis, cerebrospinal) 036.0
  • petechial 036.0
  • spotted (Rocky Mountain) 082.0
    • meaning
      • cerebrospinal meningitis 036.0

• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
  • meningococcal (see also condition) 036.9
    • cerebrospinal 036.0
    • meninges 036.0
  • parameningococcus NEC 036.9
    • with meningitis 036.0

• Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
  • cerebrospinal (see also Meningitis) 322.9
    • meningococcal 036.0

• Leptomeningitis (chronic) (circumscribed) (hemorrhagic) (nonsuppurative) (see also Meningitis) 322.9
  • epidemic 036.0
  • meningococcal 036.0

• Meningitis (basal) (basic) (basilar) (brain) (cerebral) (cervical) (congestive) (diffuse) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (membranous) (metastatic) (nonspecific) (pontine) (progressive) (simple) (spinal) (subacute) (sympathetica) (toxic) 322.9
  • cerebrospinal (acute) (chronic) (diplococcal) (endemic) (epidemic) (fulminant) (infectious) (malignant) (meningococcal) (sporadic) 036.0
    • carrier (suspected) of V02.59
  • diplococcal 036.0
    • gram-negative 036.0
    • gram-positive 320.1
  • epidemic NEC 036.0
  • gram-negative bacteria NEC 320.82
    • cocci 036.0
      • specified NEC 320.82
  • gram-negative cocci NEC 036.0
    • specified NEC 320.82
  • meningococcal (chronic) 036.0
  • Neisseria 036.0
  • sporadic cerebrospinal 036.0

• Meningococcus, meningococcal (see also condition) 036.9
  • cerebrospinal fever 036.0
  • meningitis (cerebrospinal) 036.0

• Meningoencephalitis (see also Encephalitis) 323.9
  • epidemic 036.0

• Meningomyelitis (see also Meningoencephalitis) 323.9
  • due to
    • Meningococcus 036.0
  • meningococcal 036.0

• Petechial
  • fever 036.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 036.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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