A87
A87 — Viral meningitis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
A87 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for viral meningitis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Other codes that can never be billed with A87
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at A87. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading A87 alone.
Risk adjustment
A87 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead A87
5 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about A87
- Is A87 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. A87 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does A87 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Viral and prion infections of the central nervous system (A80-A89).
- What cannot be coded together with A87?
- A87 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.