G00Non-billableSave
G00 - Bacterial meningitis, not elsewhere classified
ICD-10-CM Chapter 6: Diseases of the nervous system · G00-G09 Inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system (G00-G09) · Top-level category · FY2027
Coding Guidance
G00 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 6 more specific codes below.
Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes
IncludesFrom G00
Conditions this code covers.
- bacterial arachnoiditis
- bacterial leptomeningitis
- bacterial meningitis
- bacterial pachymeningitis
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom G00
Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.
- bacterial meningoencephalitis (G04.2)
- bacterial meningomyelitis (G04.2)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter G00-G99
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
More Specific Codes (6)
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Chapter Information
Related ICD-10 Codes
More specific codes for G00
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Codes at the same level as G00
- Meningitis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhereG01
- Meningitis in other infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhereG02
- Meningitis due to other and unspecified causesG03
- Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitisG04
- Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis in diseases classified elsewhereG05
- Intracranial and intraspinal abscess and granulomaG06
- Intracranial and intraspinal abscess and granuloma in diseases classified elsewhereG07
- Intracranial and intraspinal phlebitis and thrombophlebitisG08
- Sequelae of inflammatory diseases of central nervous systemG09
- Huntington's diseaseG10
- Hereditary ataxiaG11
- Spinal muscular atrophy and related syndromesG12
- Systemic atrophies primarily affecting central nervous system in diseases classified elsewhereG13
- Postpolio syndromeG14
- Parkinson's diseaseG20
- Secondary parkinsonismG21
- Other degenerative diseases of basal gangliaG23
- DystoniaG24
- Other extrapyramidal and movement disordersG25
- Extrapyramidal and movement disorders in diseases classified elsewhereG26
- Alzheimer's diseaseG30
- Other degenerative diseases of nervous system, not elsewhere classifiedG31
- Other degenerative disorders of nervous system in diseases classified elsewhereG32
- Multiple sclerosisG35
- Other acute disseminated demyelinationG36
- Other demyelinating diseases of central nervous systemG37
- Epilepsy and recurrent seizuresG40
- MigraineG43
- Other headache syndromesG44
- Transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromesG45
- Vascular syndromes of brain in cerebrovascular diseasesG46
- Sleep disordersG47
- Disorders of trigeminal nerveG50
- Facial nerve disordersG51
- Disorders of other cranial nervesG52
- Cranial nerve disorders in diseases classified elsewhereG53
- Nerve root and plexus disordersG54
- Nerve root and plexus compressions in diseases classified elsewhereG55
- Mononeuropathies of upper limbG56
- Mononeuropathies of lower limbG57
27 more in this chapter.