Diagnosis Code: G00.9

Short Description: Bacterial meningitis, unspecified

Long Description: Bacterial meningitis, unspecified

The code G00.9 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

• Diseases of the nervous system (G00–G99)
  • Inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system (G00-G09)
    • Bacterial meningitis, not elsewhere classified (G00)
      • G00.9 Bacterial meningitis, unspecified

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM

Synonyms

• Acute meningitis
• Acute purulent meningitis
• Bacterial meningitis
• Bacterial meningitis due to Gram-negative bacteria
• Epilepsy due to infectious disease of central nervous system
• Epilepsy due to infectious meningitis
• Hypertrophic pachymeningitis due to infection
• Infective meningitis
• Meningitis caused by gram-negative aerobic bacillus
• Meningitis caused by gram-negative aerobic coccus
• Meningitis following procedure
• Pachymeningitis
• Postoperative bacterial meningitis
• Postoperative meningitis

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code G00.9 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Inclusion Terms:
  • Meningitis due to gram-negative bacteria, unspecified
  • Purulent meningitis NOS
  • Pyogenic meningitis NOS
  • Suppurative meningitis NOS

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