Infectious myelitis, not elsewhere classified

Definition

An inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord due to infection by a viral, bacterial, mycobacterial, fungal or parasitic organism. Poliomyelitis refers to infection confined to the gray matter, and leukomyelitis refers to an inflammatory process affecting the white matter. Meningomyelitis refers to inflammation of the meninges and the spinal cord. The symptoms and signs may be acute, subacute, or chronic in onset, and include paraparesis or paraplegia, sensory loss appropriate with the level of the spinal cord affected, loss of sphincter control, and lower motor neurone signs. Diagnosis may be confirmed by neuroimaging, spinal fluid analysis or tissue obtained by biopsy.

5 subordinate codes

• 1D02.0Bacterial myelitis
• 1D02.2Fungal myelitis
• 1D02.3Parasitic myelitis
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified

Nearby in Non-viral or unspecified infections of the central nervous system

• 1D00Infectious encephalitis, not elsewhere classified
• 1D01Infectious meningitis, not elsewhere classified
• 1D03Infectious abscess of the central nervous system
• 1D04Infectious granulomas of the central nervous system
• 1D05Infectious cysts of the central nervous system
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified