ICD 10 Coding Alert
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Use This Option for This Unspecified Condition
Published on Thu Sep 05, 2019
Question: Which ICD-10 code should we report if the physician did not specify the bacteria that caused the patient’s meningitis? Nebraska Subscriber Answer: When your physician does not specify the type of bacteria that caused the meningitis, you should report either G00.9 (Bacterial meningitis, unspecified) or G04.2 (Bacterial meningoencephalitis and meningomyelitis, not elsewhere classified). You should report ICD-10 code G00.9 for meningitis and code G04.2 for meningoencephalitis and meningomyelitis. Don’t miss: Code G00.9 includes the following conditions:
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