A39.0

A39.0: Meningococcal meningitis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A39.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for meningococcal meningitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Other codes that can never be billed with A39.0

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

G01Meningitis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhere

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

A39.0 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies: 7 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
A57206Billing and Coding: Lumbar MRI
A58710Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Fever›cerebrospinal meningococcal
Fever›petechial
Meningitis›cerebrospinal
Meningitis›diplococcal(gram positive)
Meningitis›epidemic NEC
Meningitis›meningococcal
Meningitis›Neisseria
Meningococcus, meningococcal›meningitis(cerebrospinal)
Fever›spotted›cerebrospinal meningitis
Infection, infected, infective›meningococcal›cerebrospinal
Infection, infected, infective›meningococcal›meninges
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory›cerebrospinal›meningococcal

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.