A87.1

A87.1: Adenoviral meningitis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A87.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for adenoviral meningitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check A87.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above A87.1

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

A87.1 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Meningitis›adenoviral
Meningitis›in›adenovirus

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.