G03.0

Applicable To

• Aseptic meningitis

• Nonbacterial meningitis

Approximate Synonyms

• Aseptic meningitis

• Meningitis, nonpyogenic

• Non-pyogenic meningitis

Clinical Information

• A syndrome characterized by headache, neck stiffness, low grade fever, and csf lymphocytic pleocytosis in the absence of an acute bacterial pathogen. Viral meningitis is the most frequent cause although mycoplasma infections; rickettsia infections; diagnostic or therapeutic procedures; neoplastic processes; septic perimeningeal foci; and other conditions may result in this syndrome. from Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p745)

Details

• G03.0 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 G03.0 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G03.0 – other international versions of ICD-10 G03.0 may differ.