Billable Medical Code for Meningitis, Unspecified
Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 322.9
Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 322.9.
The Short Description Is: Meningitis NOS.
Known As
Meningitis is also known as arachnoiditis, arachnoiditis, spinal, benign multirecurrent endothelioleukocytal meningitis (disorder), meningitis, meningitis recurrent benign, pachymeningitis,
spinal arachnoiditis (disorder), ventriculitis, and ventriculitis of the brain (disorder).
Meningitis Definition and Symptoms
Meningitis is the inflammation of the meninges of the brain and spinal cord. Some common causes of meningitis are chemical irritation, subarachnoid hemorrhage, neoplastic conditions, and granulomatous conditions. Symptoms are severe headaches, stiff neck, and a abrupt fever.