Encephalitis, meningoencephalitis, myelitis, encephalomyelitis, viral

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ICD10 Diagnosis
Dx: Encephalitis, meningoencephalitis, myelitis, encephalomyelitis, viral
ICD10 code: G05.1
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: none assigned
Charlson/ALERT Scale: none
APACHE Como Component: none
APACHE Acute Component: none
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Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements): No results
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Additional Info

  • 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.


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