G03.8

Meningitis due to other specified causes

Billable / specific

G03.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from G03)

  • arachnoiditis NOS
  • leptomeningitis NOS
  • meningitis NOS
  • pachymeningitis NOS

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • meningoencephalitis (G04.-) (from G03)
  • meningomyelitis (G04.-) (from G03)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from G03)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from G03)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from G03)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from G03)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from G03)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from G03)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from G03)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from G03)

Also known as

  • Complication, vaccination, meningitis
  • Meningitis, in preventive immunization, inoculation or vaccination
  • Meningitis, in specified cause NEC

Parent code

  • G03Meningitis due to other and unspecified causesHeader

Related codes

  • G03.0Nonpyogenic meningitisBillable
  • G03.1Chronic meningitisBillable
  • G03.2Benign recurrent meningitis [Mollaret]Billable
  • G03.9Meningitis, unspecifiedBillable

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