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G04.02

Postimmunization acute disseminated encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 18 never code together
G04code
Excludes1
  • encephalopathy NOS (G93.40)G93.40
Excludes2
  • acute transverse myelitis (G37.3)G37.3
  • alcoholic encephalopathy (G31.2)G31.2
  • multiple sclerosis (G35-)G35-
  • myalgic encephalomyelitis (G93.32)G93.32
  • subacute necrotizing myelitis (G37.4)G37.4
  • toxic encephalitis (G92.8)G92.8
  • toxic encephalopathy (G92.8)G92.8
G04.0code
Excludes1
  • acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy (G04.3-)G04.3-
  • other noninfectious acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (noninfectious ADEM) (G04.81)G04.81
G00-G99chapter
Excludes2
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 6
G04.02code
Inclusion terms
  • Encephalitis, post immunization
  • Encephalomyelitis, post immunization
Use additional code
G04code
Includes
  • acute ascending myelitis
  • meningoencephalitis
  • meningomyelitis
Index entries leading here 8
  • Encephalitis (chronic) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (nonepidemic) (spurious) (subacute) G04.90
    • acute A86
      • disseminated G04.00
        • postimmunization (postvaccination) G04.02
    • due to
    • following vaccination or other immunization procedure G04.02
    • postimmunization G04.02
    • postvaccinal G04.02
  • Encephalomyelitis G04.90
  • Meningoencephalomyelitis — see also Meningoencephalitis
    • acute NEC (viral) A86
      • disseminated G04.00
        • postimmunization or postvaccination G04.02
    • postimmunization or postvaccination G04.02
  • Leukoencephalitis G04.81
    • acute (subacute) hemorrhagic G36.1
      • postimmunization or postvaccinal G04.02
  • Complication (s) (from) (of)
  • Encephalopathy (acute) G93.40
    • in (due to) (with)
  • Leukoencephalopathy G93.49
    • postimmunization and postvaccinal G04.02
  • Myelitis (acute) (ascending) (childhood) (chronic) (descending) (diffuse) (disseminated) (idiopathic) (pressure) (progressive) (spinal cord) (subacute) G04.91
Alongside this code 2 same parent — G04.0
Additional references
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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
G04.0
Block
G00-G09
Siblings
2

Present FY2024–FY2027.