G03.9

G03.9: Meningitis, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

G03.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for meningitis, unspecified. 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.

Arachnoiditis (spinal) NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above G03.9

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

G03.9 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies: 7 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56551Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
A56695Billing and Coding: Implantable Infusion Pump
A56799Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
A58710Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Meningitis(basal) (basic) (brain) (cerebral) (cervical) (congestive) (diffuse) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (membranous) (metastatic) (nonspecific) (pontine) (progressive) (simple) (spinal) (subacute) (sympathetic) (toxic)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.