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ICD-10-CM Code for Other bacterial meningitis G00.8

ICD-10 code G00.8 for Other bacterial meningitis is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the nervous system .

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Official Long Descriptor

Other bacterial meningitis
Meningitis due to Escherichia coli
Meningitis due to Friedländer's bacillus
Meningitis due to Klebsiella
Use additional code to further identify organism (B96.-)

G00

Includes: bacterial arachnoiditis
bacterial leptomeningitis
bacterial meningitis
bacterial pachymeningitis

Excludes1: bacterial meningoencephalitis (G04.2)
bacterial meningomyelitis (G04.2)

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