G00Bacterial meningitis, not elsewhere classified
ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system (G00-G09)
Coding Notes
Includes
- bacterial arachnoiditis
- bacterial leptomeningitis
- bacterial meningitis
- bacterial pachymeningitis
Excludes1 (never code both together)
- bacterial meningoencephalitis (G04.2)
- bacterial meningomyelitis (G04.2)
Subcategories (6)
- G00.0 Hemophilus meningitis
- G00.1 Pneumococcal meningitis
- G00.2 Streptococcal meningitis
- G00.3 Staphylococcal meningitis
- G00.8 Other bacterial meningitis
- G00.9 Bacterial meningitis, unspecified