Chapter 6

G00–G99: Diseases of the Nervous System

Diseases of the Nervous System diagnostic classification updated for 2026.

Chapter Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Internal Codes
  • G00

    Bacterial meningitis, not elsewhere classified

  • G00.0

    Hemophilus meningitis

  • G00.1

    Pneumococcal meningitis

  • G00.2

    Streptococcal meningitis

  • G00.3

    Staphylococcal meningitis

  • G00.8

    Other bacterial meningitis

  • G00.9

    Bacterial meningitis, unspecified

  • G01

    Meningitis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhere

  • G02

    Meningitis in other infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere

  • G03

    Meningitis due to other and unspecified causes

  • G03.0

    Nonpyogenic meningitis

  • G03.1

    Chronic meningitis

  • G03.2

    Benign recurrent meningitis [Mollaret]

  • G03.8

    Meningitis due to other specified causes

  • G03.9

    Meningitis, unspecified

  • G04

    Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis

  • G04.0

    Acute disseminated encephalitis and encephalomyelitis (ADEM)

  • G04.00

    Acute disseminated encephalitis and encephalomyelitis, unspecified

  • G04.01

    Postinfectious acute disseminated encephalitis and encephalomyelitis (postinfectious ADEM)

  • G04.02

    Postimmunization acute disseminated encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis

  • G04.1

    Tropical spastic paraplegia

  • G04.2

    Bacterial meningoencephalitis and meningomyelitis, not elsewhere classified

  • G04.3

    Acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy

  • G04.30

    Acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy, unspecified

  • G04.31

    Postinfectious acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy

  • G04.32

    Postimmunization acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy

  • G04.39

    Other acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy

  • G04.8

    Other encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis

  • G04.81

    Other encephalitis and encephalomyelitis

  • G04.82

    Acute flaccid myelitis

  • G04.89

    Other myelitis

  • G04.9

    Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis, unspecified

  • G04.90

    Encephalitis and encephalomyelitis, unspecified

  • G04.91

    Myelitis, unspecified

  • G05

    Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis in diseases classified elsewhere

  • G05.3

    Encephalitis and encephalomyelitis in diseases classified elsewhere

  • G05.4

    Myelitis in diseases classified elsewhere

  • G06

    Intracranial and intraspinal abscess and granuloma

  • G06.0

    Intracranial abscess and granuloma

  • G06.1

    Intraspinal abscess and granuloma

  • G06.2

    Extradural and subdural abscess, unspecified

  • G07

    Intracranial and intraspinal abscess and granuloma in diseases classified elsewhere

  • G08

    Intracranial and intraspinal phlebitis and thrombophlebitis

  • G09

    Sequelae of inflammatory diseases of central nervous system

  • G10

    Huntington's disease

  • G11

    Hereditary ataxia

  • G11.0

    Congenital nonprogressive ataxia

  • G11.1

    Early-onset cerebellar ataxia

  • G11.10

    Early-onset cerebellar ataxia, unspecified

  • G11.11

    Friedreich ataxia

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