INFLAMMATORY DISEASES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (320-326)
320 Bacterial meningitis
Includes:
arachnoiditis bacterial
leptomeningitis bacterial
meningitis bacterial
meningoencephalitis bacterial
meningomyelitis bacterial
pachymeningitis bacterial
320.0: Hemophilus meningitis
Meningitis due to Hemophilus influenzae [H. influenzae]
320.1: Pneumococcal meningitis
320.2: Streptococcal meningitis
320.3: Staphylococcal meningitis
320.7: Meningitis in other bacterial diseases classified elsewhere
Code first underlying disease as:
actinomycosis (039.8)
listeriosis (027.0)
typhoid fever (002.0)
whooping cough (033.0-033.9)
Excludes:
meningitis (in):
epidemic (036.0)
gonococcal (098.82)
meningococcal (036.0)
salmonellosis (003.21)
syphilis:
NOS (094.2)
congenital (090.42)
meningovascular (094.2)
secondary (091.81)
tuberculosis (013.0)
320.8: Meningitis due to other specified bacteria
320.9: Meningitis due to unspecified bacterium
Meningitis:
bacterial NOS
purulent NOS
pyogenic NOS
suppurative NOS

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