B00.3
B00.3: Herpesviral meningitis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B00.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for herpesviral meningitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check B00.3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1 inherited from the categories above B00.3
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above B00.3
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with B00.3
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
B00.3 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
- Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic›meningitis(simplex)
- Meningitis›in›herpes virus(simplex)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.