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ICD-10-CM Code for Meningitis due to other and unspecified causes G03

ICD-10 code G03 for Meningitis due to other and unspecified causes is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the nervous system .

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Meningitis due to other and unspecified causes
Includes: arachnoiditis NOS
leptomeningitis NOS
meningitis NOS
pachymeningitis NOS
Excludes1: meningoencephalitis (G04.-)
meningomyelitis (G04.-)
 
G03 Meningitis due to other and unspecified causes
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Nonpyogenic meningitis
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Chronic meningitis
Child Code
Benign recurrent meningitis [Mollaret]
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Meningitis due to other specified causes
Child Code
Meningitis, unspecified

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