Valid for Submission
B38.4 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of coccidioidomycosis meningitis. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code B38.4 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like coccidioidal meningitis or coccidioides infection of the central nervous system or fungal meningitis.
ICD-10: | B38.4 |
Short Description: | Coccidioidomycosis meningitis |
Long Description: | Coccidioidomycosis meningitis |
Index to Diseases and Injuries
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code B38.4 are found in the index:
- - Coccidioidomycosis - B38.9
- - meninges - B38.4
- - Granuloma - L92.9
- - coccidioidal (primary) (progressive) - B38.7
- - meninges - B38.4
- - coccidioidal (primary) (progressive) - B38.7
- - Meningitis (basal) (basic) (brain) (cerebral) (cervical) (congestive) (diffuse) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (membranous) (metastatic) (nonspecific) (pontine) (progressive) (simple) (spinal) (subacute) (sympathetic) (toxic) - G03.9
- - in (due to)
- - coccidioidomycosis - B38.4
- - in (due to)
Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Coccidioidal meningitis
- Coccidioides infection of the central nervous system
- Fungal meningitis
Convert B38.4 to ICD-9
- 114.2 - Coccidioidal meningitis
Code Classification
Code History
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
(First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set) - FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020