Kodex

Code

A54.81

Gonococcal meningitis

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Hierarchy

A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- A50-A64 Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)
  - A54 Gonococcal infection
    - A54.8 Other gonococcal infections
      - A54.81 Gonococcal meningitis
      - A54.82 Gonococcal brain abscess
      - A54.83 Gonococcal heart infection
      - A54.84 Gonococcal pneumonia
      - A54.85 Gonococcal peritonitis
      - A54.86 Gonococcal sepsis
      - A54.89 Other gonococcal 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

nonspecific and nongonococcal urethritis (N34.1)
- N34.1 Nonspecific urethritis
M02.3 Reiter's disease

certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

Excludes 2

B20 Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease

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)