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 NOSClick Expand to show legacy content.
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| Main Diagnosis: | Meningoencephalitis |
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| 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 - 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.