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2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A85
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A85
Other viral encephalitis, not elsewhere classified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- A85 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM A85 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A85 - other international versions of ICD-10 A85 may differ.
Type 1 ExcludesType 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as A85. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
- encephalitis due to cytomegalovirus (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B25.8
Other cytomegaloviral diseases
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Cytomegaloviral encephalitis
B25.8) - encephalitis due to herpesvirus NEC (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B10.0
Other human herpesvirus encephalitis
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 2 Excludes- herpes encephalitis NOS (B00.4)
- herpes simplex encephalitis (B00.4)
- human herpesvirus encephalitis (B00.4)
- simian B herpes virus encephalitis (B00.4)
B10.0-) - encephalitis due to herpesvirus [herpes simplex] (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B00.4
Herpesviral encephalitis
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Herpesviral meningoencephalitis
- Simian B disease
Type 1 Excludes- herpesviral encephalitis due to herpesvirus 6 and 7 (B10.01, B10.09)
- non-simplex herpesviral encephalitis (B10.0-)
B00.4) - encephalitis due to measles virus (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B05.0
Measles complicated by encephalitis
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
B05.0) - encephalitis due to mumps virus (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B26.2
Mumps encephalitis
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
B26.2) - encephalitis due to poliomyelitis virus (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A80
- A80 Acute poliomyelitis
- A80.0 Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, vaccine-associ...
- A80.1 Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, wild virus, im...
- A80.2 Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, wild virus, in...
- A80.3 Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, other and unsp...
- A80.30 Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, unspecified
- A80.39 Other acute paralytic poliomyelitis
- A80.4 Acute nonparalytic poliomyelitis
- A80.9 Acute poliomyelitis, unspecified
A80.-) - encephalitis due to zoster (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B02.0
Zoster encephalitis
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Zoster meningoencephalitis
B02.0) - lymphocytic choriomeningitis (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A87.2
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Lymphocytic meningoencephalitis
A87.2) - myalgic encephalomyelitis (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G93.32
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
2023 - New Code Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- ME/CFS
- Myalgic encephalomyelitis
G93.32)
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- specified viral encephalomyelitis NEC
- specified viral meningoencephalitis NEC
The following code(s) above
A85 contain annotation back-references
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- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
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that may be applicable to
A85:
Code 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
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To A85
A83.6 Rocio virus disease
A83.8 Other mosquito-borne viral encephalitis
A83.9 Mosquito-borne viral encephalitis, unspecified
A84 Tick-borne viral encephalitis
A84.0 Far Eastern tick-borne encephalitis [Russian spring-summer encephalitis]
A84.1 Central European tick-borne encephalitis
A84.8 Other tick-borne viral encephalitis
A84.89 Other tick-borne viral encephalitis
A84.9 Tick-borne viral encephalitis, unspecified
A85
Other viral encephalitis, not elsewhere classified
A85.0 Enteroviral encephalitis
A85.1 Adenoviral encephalitis
A85.2 Arthropod-borne viral encephalitis, unspecified
A85.8 Other specified viral encephalitis
A86 Unspecified viral encephalitis
A87.0 Enteroviral meningitis
A87.1 Adenoviral meningitis
A87.2 Lymphocytic choriomeningitis
A87.8 Other viral meningitis
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.