A87.9
A87.9: Viral meningitis, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A87.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for viral meningitis, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A87.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1 inherited from the categories above A87.9
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Other codes that can never be billed with A87.9
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- 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.
Medicare coverage
A87.9 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies: 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
- A58710Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
- A58720Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
- A58747Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Meningitis›viral NEC
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.