G00.8

G00.8: Other bacterial meningitis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

G00.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other bacterial meningitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Use additional code

Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

code to further identify organism (B96.-)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Meningitis due to Escherichia coli
Meningitis due to Friedländer's bacillus
Meningitis due to Klebsiella

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above G00.8

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

G00.8 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›Escherichia coli(E. coli)
Meningitis›Friedländer(bacillus)
Meningitis›Klebsiella
Meningitis›Mima polymorpha
Meningitis›specified organism NEC
Meningitis›bacterial›Escherichia coli(E. coli)
Meningitis›bacterial›Friedländer(bacillus)
Meningitis›bacterial›Klebsiella
Meningitis›bacterial›specified organism NEC
Meningitis›fibrinopurulent›specified organism NEC
Meningitis›purulent›specified organism NEC
Meningitis›pyogenic›specified organism NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.