A87.0

A87.0: Enteroviral meningitis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A87.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for enteroviral meningitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Coxsackievirus meningitis
Echovirus meningitis

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above A87.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on A87: Viral meningitis

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)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

A87.0 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

Coxsackie›meningitis(aseptic)
Meningitis›coxsackievirus
Meningitis›echovirus
Meningitis›enteroviral
Meningitis›in›enterovirus
Infection, infected, infective›virus, viral NOS›central nervous system›enterovirus NEC›meningitis

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.