Meningoencephalitis: Difference between revisions

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**How do we code "NMDA" encephalitis? : "Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is a disease occurring when antibodies produced by the body's own immune system attack NMDA receptors in the brain. NMDA receptors are proteins that control electrical impulses in the brain."

*It is not an infection, it is an autoimmune disease. We only have infections or toxicity for encephalitis. I can put immunological problems-other but it fails to capture that the brain is affected then. --[[User:LKolesar|LKolesar]] 14:29, 2016 March 8 (CST)

**How about using "other-metabolic encephalitis" as well as your immunological code?[[User:Mlagadi|Mlagadi]]

* in researching encephalitis, it does appear that bacterial meningitis like pneumococcal meningitis can lead to encephalitis (although it is very rare). Our codes presently do not allow a bacterial pathogen for meningoencephalitis and we do not have a code for only encephalitis. I put two websites above if anyone is interested. Should we allow a pathogen option for meningoencephalitis in light of this?--[[User:LKolesar|LKolesar]] 14:23, 2015 September 23 (CDT)

**encephalitis is a DX code with the proper term being '''meningoencephalitis'''. But it is not meningitis.

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 **How do we code "NMDA" encephalitis? :  "Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is a disease occurring when antibodies produced by the body's own immune system attack NMDA receptors in the brain. NMDA receptors are proteins that control electrical impulses in the brain."
 *It is not an infection, it is an autoimmune disease.  We only have infections or toxicity for encephalitis.  I can put immunological problems-other but it fails to capture that the brain is affected then.  --[[User:LKolesar|LKolesar]] 14:29, 2016 March 8 (CST)
+**How about using "other-metabolic encephalitis" as well as your immunological code?[[User:Mlagadi|Mlagadi]]
 * in researching encephalitis, it does appear that bacterial meningitis like pneumococcal meningitis can lead to encephalitis (although it is very rare).  Our codes presently do not allow a bacterial pathogen for meningoencephalitis and we do not have a code for only encephalitis.  I put two websites above if anyone is interested.   Should we allow a pathogen option for meningoencephalitis in light of this?--[[User:LKolesar|LKolesar]] 14:23, 2015 September 23 (CDT)
 **encephalitis is a DX code with the proper term being '''meningoencephalitis'''. But it is not meningitis.