G01

ICD-10Billable

Meningitis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhere

Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)

Meningitis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhere

G01 is valid for submission on a claim — CMS flags it as a billable, specific code.

Excludes1

Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.

  • meningitis (in):
  • gonococcal (A54.81)
  • leptospirosis (A27.81)
  • listeriosis (A32.11)
  • Lyme disease (A69.21)
  • meningococcal (A39.0)
  • neurosyphilis (A52.13)
  • tuberculosis (A17.0)
  • meningoencephalitis and meningomyelitis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhere (G05)

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  • underlying disease

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Source

ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.

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