047.9 VIRAL MENINGITIS NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 047.9

Short Description: Viral meningitis NOS

Long Description: Unspecified viral meningitis

Code Classification:

  • Infectious and parasitic diseases (001–139)
    • Poliomyelitis and other non-arthropod-borne viral diseases of central nervous system (045-049)
      • 047 Meningitis due to enterovirus
        • 047.9 Viral meningitis NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 047.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
    • enterovirus NEC 079.89
      • meningitis 047.9
    • virus, viral 079.99
      • central nervous system NEC 049.9
        • enterovirus 048
          • meningitis 047.9
            • specified type NEC 047.8
  • Leptomeningitis (chronic) (circumscribed) (hemorrhagic) (nonsuppurative) (see also Meningitis) 322.9
    • aseptic 047.9
      • adenovirus 049.1
      • Coxsackie virus 047.0
      • ECHO virus 047.1
      • enterovirus 047.9
      • lymphocytic choriomeningitis 049.0
  • Meningitis (basal) (basic) (basilar) (brain) (cerebral) (cervical) (congestive) (diffuse) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (membranous) (metastatic) (nonspecific) (pontine) (progressive) (simple) (spinal) (subacute) (sympathetica) (toxic) 322.9
    • abacterial NEC (see also Meningitis, aseptic) 047.9
    • aseptic (acute) NEC 047.9
      • adenovirus 049.1
      • Coxsackie virus 047.0
      • due to
        • adenovirus 049.1
        • Coxsackie virus 047.0
        • ECHO virus 047.1
        • enterovirus 047.9
        • mumps 072.1
        • poliovirus (see also Poliomyelitis) 045.2 [321.2]
      • ECHO virus 047.1
      • herpes (simplex) virus 054.72
        • zoster 053.0
      • leptospiral 100.81
      • lymphocytic choriomeningitis 049.0
      • noninfective 322.0
    • due to
      • enterovirus 047.9
        • specified NEC 047.8
    • endothelial-leukocytic, benign, recurrent 047.9
    • enteroviral 047.9
      • specified type NEC 047.8
    • enterovirus 047.9
      • specified NEC 047.8
    • Mollaret's 047.9
    • nonbacterial NEC (see also Meningitis, aseptic) 047.9
    • serous NEC (see also Meningitis, aseptic) 047.9
      • lymphocytic 049.0
      • syndrome 348.2
    • viral, virus NEC (see also Meningitis, aseptic) 047.9
    • Wallgren's (see also Meningitis, aseptic) 047.9
  • Mollaret's meningitis 047.9
  • Schneider's syndrome 047.9
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • Schneider's 047.9
  • Wallgren's
    • meningitis (see also Meningitis, aseptic) 047.9

Crosswalk Information

The code 047.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
047.9 Right Arrow A87.9 Viral meningitis, unspecified
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
047.0 Meningitis due to coxsackie virus
047.1 Meningitis due to echo virus
047.8 Other specified viral meningitis


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