Kodex

Code

A39.81

Meningococcal encephalitis

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Hierarchy

A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- A30-A49 Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49)
  - A39 Meningococcal infection
    - A39.8 Other meningococcal infections
      - A39.81 Meningococcal encephalitis
      - A39.82 Meningococcal retrobulbar neuritis
      - A39.83 Meningococcal arthritis
      - A39.84 Postmeningococcal arthritis
      - A39.89 Other meningococcal infections

Use Additional

code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
- Z16 Resistance to antimicrobial drugs

Includes

diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes 1

certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

Excludes 2

carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
- Z22 Carrier of infectious disease
infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
- O98 Maternal infectious and parasitic diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
- P35-P39 Infections specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)