320.9 - Meningitis Due To Unspecified Bacterium
The ICD 9 Code for Meningitis due to unspecified bacterium is listed as 320.9.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
| ICD 9 CM Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis Code: | 320.9 |
| Long Description: | Meningitis due to unspecified bacterium |
| Short Description: | Bacterial meningitis NOS |
| Chapter: | Diseases Of The Nervous System And Sense Organs |
| Block: | Inflammatory Diseases Of The Central Nervous System (320-327) |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | G00.9 - Bacterial meningitis, unspecified (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | G04.2 - Bacterial meningoencephalitis and meningomyelitis, not elsewhere classified (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 320.9: | |
| 320.0 - Hemophilus meningitis | |
| 320.1 - Pneumococcal meningitis | |
| 320.2 - Streptococcal meningitis | |
| 320.3 - Staphylococcal meningitis | |
| 320.7 - Meningitis in other bacterial diseases classified elsewhere | |