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ICD-10-CM Code for Bacterial meningitis, unspecified G00.9

ICD-10 code G00.9 for Bacterial meningitis, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the nervous system .

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Official Long Descriptor

Bacterial meningitis, unspecified
Meningitis due to gram-negative bacteria, unspecified
Purulent meningitis NOS
Pyogenic meningitis NOS
Suppurative meningitis NOS

G00

Includes: bacterial arachnoiditis
bacterial leptomeningitis
bacterial meningitis
bacterial pachymeningitis

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

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