G96.198
Other disorders of meninges, not elsewhere classified
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 8 never code together
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
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes
No further instructional notes apply.
Index entries leading here 10
- Deformity Q89.9
- Meningocele (spinal) — see also Spina bifida
- acquired (traumatic) G96.198
- Calcification
- Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention)
- Disorder (of) — see also Disease
- meninges, specified type NEC G96.198
- Ossification
- Fibrosis, fibrotic
- meninges G96.198
- Leptomeningopathy G96.198
- Meningitis (basal) (basic) (brain) (cerebral) (cervical) (congestive) (diffuse) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (membranous) (metastatic) (nonspecific) (pontine) (progressive) (simple) (spinal) (subacute) (sympathetic) (toxic) G03.9
- ossificans G96.198
- Pseudomeningocele (cerebral) (infective) (post-traumatic) G96.198
Alongside this code 1 same parent — G96.19
Additional references
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