Listerial meningitis and meningoencephalitis

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

A32.11 Listerial meningitis
A32.12 Listerial meningoencephalitis

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Listerial meningitis and meningoencephalitis

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from A32 Listeriosis

Excludes1 - never coded here

neonatal (disseminated) listeriosis (P37.2)

Includes

listerial foodborne infection

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
A32.0	Cutaneous listeriosis	Valid
A32.7	Listerial sepsis	Valid
A32.8	Other forms of listeriosis	Not billable
A32.9	Listeriosis, unspecified	Valid