Meningoencephalitis

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This page is about the pre-ICD10 diagnosis coding schema. See the ICD10 Diagnosis List, or the following for similar diagnoses in ICD10:Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) (caused by Measles virus), Mosquito-borne viruses (causes of encephalitis), Tick-borne viruses (causes of encephalitis), Encephalitis, meningoencephalitis, myelitis, encephalomyelitis, bacterial, Encephalitis, meningoencephalitis, myelitis, encephalomyelitis, viral, Encephalitis, meningoencephalitis, myelitis, encephalomyelitis, infectious NOS

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Category/Organ System:	Category: Infection (old)
Type:	Medical Problem
Main Diagnosis:	Meningoencephalitis
Sub Diagnosis:	Negative Culture Unknown Pathogen HSV Other Virus No culture Sent Syphilis West Nile
Diagnosis Code:	7700
Comorbid Diagnosis:	No
Charlson Comorbid coding (pre ICD10):	0
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• http://www.encephalitis.info/information/types-of-encephalitis/types-of-infectious-encephalitis/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encephalitis

bacterial encephalitis?

• 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 meningoencephalis 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)