Tick-borne viruses (causes of encephalitis)
ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Tick-borne viruses (causes of encephalitis) |
ICD10 code: | A84 |
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Meningoencephalitis |
Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
APACHE Como Component: | none |
APACHE Acute Component: | 2019-0: Neuro NOS |
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Additional Info
- Far Eastern, Central European
- Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a viral infectious disease involving the central nervous system. The disease most often manifests as meningitis, encephalitis, or meningoencephalitis. Although TBE is most commonly recognized as a neurological disorder, mild fever can also occur. [TBE]
- Meningoencephalitis is always viral or other atypical pathogen..but it is NOT bacterial or fungal.
This DX is not the same as Meningitis
http://www.encephalitis.info/information/types-of-encephalitis/types-of-infectious-encephalitis/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encephalitis
bacterial encephalitis - not applicable
- 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?--LKolesar 14:23, 2015 September 23 (CDT)
- encephalitis is a DX code with the proper term being meningoencephalitis. But it is not meningitis.
- Encephalitis/meningoencephalitis is always viral or other atypical pathogen..but it is NOT bacterial or fungal. So the pathogens we have listed are adequate.
- Meningitis however, can be bacterial, fungal or occasionally viral.
- gram pos/neg does NOT apply to meningoenchphalitis. If you think that this is the organism causing the problem, then the underlying condition is probably Meningitis, not encephalitis. (ie: the “meningo” part of “meningoencephalitis” is confusing). Meningoencephalitis is not the same as “Meningitis”…that is a separate diagnosis.--Dr. Anand Kumar, 1330, 2016, February 29.
- Seems like we now have the code Encephalitis, meningoencephalitis, myelitis, encephalomyelitis, bacterial to capture that. Is that what the above is talking about? If so, can someone get rid of the above and integrate how this article's code would be related to Encephalitis, meningoencephalitis, myelitis, encephalomyelitis, bacterial? Ttenbergen 17:02, 2018 June 6 (CDT)
- the same fix will need to be applied to Meningoencephalitis, Mosquito-borne viruses (causes of encephalitis), Mosquito-borne viruses (causes of encephalitis).
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
Candidate Combined ICD10 codes
- Encephalitis, meningoencephalitis, myelitis, encephalomyelitis, viral
- Meningitis, viral - incl West Nile
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