A87

A87: Viral meningitis

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

A87 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for viral meningitis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

meningitis due to herpesvirus [herpes simplex] (B00.3)
meningitis due to herpesvirus [herpes simplex] (B00.3)
meningitis due to measles virus (B05.1)
meningitis due to mumps virus (B26.1)
meningitis due to poliomyelitis virus (A80.-)
meningitis due to zoster (B02.1)

Other codes that can never be billed with A87

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

A85Other viral encephalitis, not elsewhere classified
A88Other viral infections of central nervous system, not elsewhere classified

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead A87

5 child codes. Green means billable.