G00.9
BillableBacterial meningitis, unspecified
Bacterial meningitis, unspecified
Coding Notes
Inclusion Terms
Alternative clinical terms for this condition
- Meningitis due to gram-negative bacteria, unspecified
- Purulent meningitis NOS
- Pyogenic meningitis NOS
- Suppurative meningitis NOS
Includes
Conditions included under this code
- bacterial arachnoiditis
- bacterial leptomeningitis
- bacterial meningitis
- bacterial pachymeningitis
Excludes 1
Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
SNOMED CT
- Pachymeningitis25822001
- BM - Bacterial meningitis95883001
- Bacterial meningitis95883001
- Meningitis, bacterial95883001
- Acute purulent meningitis109902004
- Infective meningitis312216007
- Bacterial meningitis caused by Gram-negative bacteria425887005
- Gram-negative bacterial meningitis425887005
- Meningitis with gram negative bacteria425887005
- Meningitis following operation698633001
- Postoperative meningitis698633001
- Postoperative bacterial meningitis698734003
- Aerobic gram-negative coccus meningitis721240006
- Meningitis caused by gram-negative aerobic coccus721240006
- Aerobic gram-negative bacillus meningitis721241005
- Meningitis caused by gram-negative aerobic bacillus721241005
- Meningitis following procedure722658006
- Post-procedural meningitis722658006
- Epilepsy due to infectious disease of central nervous system724549005
- Hypertrophic pachymeningitis due to infection762281000
- Pachymeningitis secondary to infection762281000
- Epilepsy due to infectious meningitis860806007
- Infectious meningitis epilepsy860806007
- Acute meningitis822031000000101
UMLS
- MENINGITIS BACTC0085437
- BACT MENINGITIDESC0085437
- BACT MENINGITISC0085437
- BM - Bacterial meningitisC0085437
- Bacterial MeningitidesC0085437
- Bacterial MeningitisC0085437
- Bacterial meningitisC0085437
- Bacterial meningitis (disorder)C0085437
- Bacterial meningitis, unspecifiedC0085437
- MENINGITIDES BACTC0085437
- Meningitides, BacterialC0085437
- Meningitis bacterialC0085437
- Meningitis bacterial NOSC0085437
- Meningitis due to unspecified bacteriumC0085437
- Meningitis, BacterialC0085437
- Meningitis, bacterialC0085437
- bacterial meningitidesC0085437
- bacterial meningitisC0085437
- (non-specific) purulent meningitisC0865440
- Purulent meningitisC0865440
- Purulent meningitis NOSC0865440
- meningitis purulentC0865440
- purulent meningitisC0865440
- (non-specific) suppurative meningitisC0865441
- Suppurative meningitis NOSC0865441
- suppurative meningitisC0865441
- Meningitis due to gram-negative bacteria, unspecifiedC2875013
- Pyogenic meningitisC0302869
- Pyogenic meningitis NOSC0302869
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code G00.9?
ICD-10-CM code G00.9 represents "Bacterial meningitis, unspecified". It is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is G00.9 a billable code?
Yes, G00.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is G00.9 in?
G00.9 is in Chapter 6: Diseases of the Nervous System (codes G00-G99).
What codes cannot be used with G00.9?
G00.9 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: bacterial meningoencephalitis (G04.2); bacterial meningomyelitis (G04.2).
What SNOMED CT codes does G00.9 map to?
G00.9 maps to 14 SNOMED CT concepts: 822031000000101, 109902004, 721241005, 721240006, 95883001, and 9 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for G00.9?
G00.9 is linked to 5 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C0085437, C0865440, C0865441, C2875013, C0302869. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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