ICD-10 diagnosis code
G05 Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis in diseases classified elsewhere
G05 is the ICD-10 code for Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis in diseases classified elsewhere. It is a three-character category divided into 4 subcodes; use the subcode whenever the record supports that level of detail. It belongs to the block G00–G09 (Inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system) in Chapter VI, Diseases of the nervous system.
- Code type
- Category (3 characters)
- Chapter
- VI · G00–G99
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
What G05 includes
Conditions and terms that are coded here.
- meningoencephalitis and meningomyelitis in diseases classified elsewhere
Subcodes of G05
- G05.0Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhere
- G05.1Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis in viral diseases classified elsewhere
- G05.2Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis in other infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
- G05.8Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis in other diseases classified elsewhere
G05 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
G05Encefalit, myelit och encefalomyelit vid sjukdomar som klassificeras på annan plats
DG05Hjerne- og rygmarvsbetændelse ved sygdomme klassificeret andetsteds
G05Enzephalitis, Myelitis und Enzephalomyelitis bei anderenorts klassifizierten Krankheiten
Listed through more specific codes:
- G05.3Encephalitis and encephalomyelitis in diseases classified elsewhere
- G05.4Myelitis in diseases classified elsewhere
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
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