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Non-specific code 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 323.4
Other encephalitis due to infection classified elsewhere
  • Short description: OTH ENCEPHALIT D/T INFEC.
  • There are 2 ICD-9-CM codes below 323.4 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
  • You are viewing the 2006 version of ICD-9-CM 323.4.
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323.4 Excludes
  • encephalitis (in):
  • meningoencephalitis due to free-living ameba [Naegleria] (136.2)
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  • Code first underlying disease
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 323.4:
  • Encephalitis (bacterial) (chronic) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (nonepidemic) (spurious) (subacute) 323.9
    • parasitic NEC 123.9 [323.4]
    • torula, torular 117.5 [323.4]
    • toxoplasmic (acquired) 130.0
      • congenital (active) 771.2 [323.4]
    • trichinosis 124 [323.4]
  • Meningoencephalitis (see also Encephalitis) 323.9
    • parasitic NEC 123.9 [323.4]
  • Meningoencephalomyelitis (see also Meningoencephalitis) 323.9
    • due to
  • Meningomyelitis (see also Meningoencephalitis) 323.9
    • blastomycotic NEC (see also Blastomycosis) 116.0 [323.4]
    • due to
 323.2 ICD9Data.com 323.41 
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