G00.8

Applicable To

• Meningitis due to Escherichia coli

• Meningitis due to Friedländer’s bacillus

• Meningitis due to Klebsiella

Clinical Information

• A form of gram-negative meningitis that tends to occur in neonates, in association with anatomical abnormalities which feature communication between the meninges and cutaneous structures) or as opportunistic infections in association with immunologic deficiency syndromes. In premature neonates the clinical presentation may be limited to anorexia; vomiting; lethargy; or respiratory distress. Full-term infants may have as additional features fever; seizures; and bulging of the anterior fontanelle. from menkes, textbook of child neurology, 5th ed, pp398-400)

Details

• G00.8 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM G00.8 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G00.8 – other international versions of ICD-10 G00.8 may differ.