G03.8
BillableMeningitis due to other specified causes
Meningitis due to other specified causes
Coding Notes
Includes
Conditions included under this code
- arachnoiditis NOS
- leptomeningitis NOS
- meningitis NOS
- pachymeningitis NOS
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
- Leptomeningitis66074005
- Chemical meningitis193074007
- Lymphomatous meningitis426128009
- Meningitis following procedure722658006
- Post-procedural meningitis722658006
- Leukaemic leptomeningitis722795004
- Leukaemic meningitis722795004
- Leukemic leptomeningitis722795004
- Leukemic meningitis722795004
- Meningeal leukaemia722795004
- Meningeal leukemia722795004
- Meningitis due to and following central neuraxial nerve block771540008
- Meningitis following central neuraxial block771540008
- Hypertrophic pachymeningitis due to disorder of immune function860825005
- Immune-mediated hypertrophic pachymeningitis860825005
- Malignant pachymeningitis870314008
- Pachymeningitis due to secondary malignant neoplastic disease870314008
- Inflammatory pachymeningitis870317001
- Pachymeningitis due to inflammatory disorder870317001
- Meningitis due to Wegener granulomatosis1263517001
- Meningitis due to Wegener's granulomatosis1263517001
- Meningitis due to granulomatosis with polyangiitis1263517001
- Meningitis due to systemic lupus erythematosus1263518006
- Meningitis due to Sjögren syndrome1263522001
- Meningitis due to Sjögren's syndrome1263522001
- Meningitis due to Behcet disease1263523006
- Meningitis due to Behcet's disease1263523006
- Meningitis due to and following intrathecal injection1263525004
- Central nervous system disorder due to Sjogren syndrome226162961000119108
- Central nervous system disorder due to Sjogren's syndrome226162961000119108
- Central nervous system disorder due to Sjögren's syndrome226162961000119108
- Disorder of central nervous system due to Sjögren's syndrome226162961000119108
- Sjögren's syndrome with central nervous system disorder226162961000119108
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code G03.8?
ICD-10-CM code G03.8 represents "Meningitis due to other specified causes". It is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is G03.8 a billable code?
Yes, G03.8 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is G03.8 in?
G03.8 is in Chapter 6: Diseases of the Nervous System (codes G00-G99).
What codes cannot be used with G03.8?
G03.8 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: meningoencephalitis (G04.-); meningomyelitis (G04.-).
What SNOMED CT codes does G03.8 map to?
G03.8 maps to 16 SNOMED CT concepts: 226162961000119108, 193074007, 860825005, 870317001, 66074005, and 11 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for G03.8?
G03.8 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0477337. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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Includes SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) used by permission of SNOMED International. Includes content from the UMLS Metathesaurus, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.