Specific code 2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 054.3
Herpetic meningoencephalitis
  • Short description: Herpetic encephalitis.
  • ICD-9-CM 054.3 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 054.3 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM 054.3.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 054.3: 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 054.3 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM B00.4 Herpesviral encephalitis
Approximate Synonyms
  • Encephalitis due to human herpes simplex virus
  • Herpes simplex encephalitis
  • Herpes simplex meningoencephalitis
054.3 Excludes
  • human herpesvirus 6 encephalitis (058.21)
Applies To
  • Herpes encephalitis
  • Simian B disease
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 054.3:
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Simian B 054.3
  • Encephalitis (bacterial) (chronic) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (nonepidemic) (spurious) (subacute) 323.9
    • herpes 054.3
  • Herpes, herpetic 054.9
    • encephalitis 054.3
  • Meningoencephalitis (see also Encephalitis) 323.9
    • herpes 054.3
    • herpetic 054.3
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