G03.0

G03.0: Nonpyogenic meningitis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

G03.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for nonpyogenic 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.

Aseptic meningitis
Nonbacterial meningitis

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above G03.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on G03: Meningitis due to other and unspecified causes

meningoencephalitis (G04.-)
meningomyelitis (G04.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

G03.0 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›abacterial
Meningitis›aseptic(acute)
Meningitis›clear cerebrospinal fluid NEC
Meningitis›nonbacterial
Meningitis›nonpyogenic NEC
Meningitis›serosa circumscripta NEC
Meningitis›sterile

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.