Other specified viral encephalitis

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Other specified viral encephalitis

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 A85 Other viral encephalitis, not elsewhere classified

Excludes1 - never coded here

encephalitis due to cytomegalovirus (B25.8)
encephalitis due to herpesvirus NEC (B10.0-)
encephalitis due to herpesvirus [herpes simplex] (B00.4)
encephalitis due to measles virus (B05.0)
encephalitis due to mumps virus (B26.2)
encephalitis due to poliomyelitis virus (A80.-)
encephalitis due to zoster (B02.0)
lymphocytic choriomeningitis (A87.2)
myalgic encephalomyelitis (G93.32)

Includes

specified viral encephalomyelitis NEC
specified viral meningoencephalitis NEC

Inherited from the A80-A89 section Viral and prion infections of the central nervous system (A80-A89)

Excludes1 - never coded here

postpolio syndrome (G14)
sequelae of poliomyelitis (B91)
sequelae of viral encephalitis (B94.1)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Myelitis
Phrenitis
Cephalitis
Cerebritis
Ependymitis
Cerebellitis
Fever > brain
Ventriculitis
Febris, febrile
Meningomyelitis
Mesencephalitis
Myelomeningitis
Parencephalitis
Syringomyelitis
Fever > cerebral
Radiculomyelitis
Encephalomyelitis
Meningocerebritis
Myeloencephalitis
Encephalomeningitis
Meningoencephalitis
Encephalitis > acute
Meningomyeloneuritis
Encephalomeningomyelitis
Encephalomyelomeningitis
Meningoencephalomyelitis
Poliomeningoencephalitis
Fever > viral hemorrhagic
Myelopathy > in > infection
Disease, diseased > cerebral
Meningoencephalitis > acute NEC
Infection, infected, infective > brain
Disease, diseased > brain > inflammatory
Disease, diseased > cerebellar, cerebellum
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > brain
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > cerebral
Infection, infected, infective > spinal cord NOS
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > spinal > cord
Cruchet's disease
Economo's disease

Showing 40 of 47 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
A85.0	Enteroviral encephalitis	Valid
A85.1	Adenoviral encephalitis	Valid
A85.2	Arthropod-borne viral encephalitis, unspecified	Valid