Bacterial meningitis, not elsewhere classified
Non-billable header
G00 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Includes
- bacterial arachnoiditis
- bacterial leptomeningitis
- bacterial meningitis
- bacterial pachymeningitis
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- 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)
More specific codes G00
Related codes
- G01Meningitis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhereBillable
- G02Meningitis in other infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhereBillable
- G03Meningitis due to other and unspecified causesHeader
- G04Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitisHeader
- G05Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis in diseases classified elsewhereHeader
- G06Intracranial and intraspinal abscess and granulomaHeader
- G07Intracranial and intraspinal abscess and granuloma in diseases classified elsewhereBillable
- G08Intracranial and intraspinal phlebitis and thrombophlebitisBillable
- G09Sequelae of inflammatory diseases of central nervous systemBillable