2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A54.81

Gonococcal meningitis

A54.81 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM A54.81 became effective on October 1, 2023.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A54.81 – other international versions of ICD-10 A54.81 may differ.

The following code(s) above A54.81 contain annotation back-references

that may be applicable to A54.81:

Approximate Synonyms

ICD-10-CM A54.81 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v41.0):

023 Craniotomy with major device implant or acute complex cns principal diagnosis with mcc or chemotherapy implant or epilepsy with neurostimulator
024 Craniotomy with major device implant or acute complex cns principal diagnosis without mcc
094 Bacterial and tuberculous infections of nervous system with mcc
095 Bacterial and tuberculous infections of nervous system with cc
096 Bacterial and tuberculous infections of nervous system without cc/mcc

Convert A54.81 to ICD-9-CMCode History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change

Code annotations containing back-references to A54.81:

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to A54.81:

Gonococcus, gonococcal (disease) (infection) A54.9 – see also condition
- meninges, meningitis A54.81
Meningitis (basal) (basic) (brain) (cerebral) (cervical) (congestive) (diffuse) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (membranous) (metastatic) (nonspecific) (pontine) (progressive) (simple) (spinal) (subacute) (sympathetic) (toxic) G03.9
- gonococcal A54.81