G00
G00: Bacterial meningitis, not elsewhere classified
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
G00 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for bacterial meningitis, not elsewhere classified. 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.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- bacterial arachnoiditis
- bacterial leptomeningitis
- bacterial meningitis
- bacterial pachymeningitis
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 G00
6 child codes. Green means billable.