G00.1

G00.1: Pneumococcal meningitis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

G00.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for pneumococcal 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.

Meningitis due to Streptococcal pneumoniae

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above G00.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on G00: Bacterial meningitis, not elsewhere classified

bacterial meningoencephalitis (G04.2)
bacterial meningomyelitis (G04.2)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

G00.1 is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies: 8 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56551Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
A56799Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
A57206Billing and Coding: Lumbar MRI

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Meningitis›pneumococcal streptococcus pneumoniae
Meningitis›bacterial›pneumococcal
Meningitis›in›Diplococcus pneumoniae
Meningitis›in›Streptococcal pneumoniae
Meningitis›Streptococcal›pneumoniae

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.