1B11.0

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Tuberculous meningitis

Description

A disease of the meninges, caused by an infection with the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This disease is characterised by fever, headache, or neurological deficits. Transmission is through haematogenous spread to the meninges after inhalation of infected respiratory secretions. Confirmation is by identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the cerebrospinal fluid.

Index terms

  • Tuberculous meningitis
  • Meningeal TB
  • Meningitis due to Mycobacterium TB
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  • TB meningitis
  • TBM - [tuberculous meningitis]
  • Tuberculous leptomeningitis
  • caseous meningitis
  • meningeal TBC - [tuberculosis]
  • meningeal tuberculosis
  • tubercular meningitis
  • tuberculous meninges adhesions
  • Bacterial meningitis due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Tuberculosis of cerebral meninges
  • cerebral meningeal TB - [tuberculosis]
  • cerebral meningeal TBC - [tuberculosis]
  • Tuberculosis of spinal meninges
  • caseous spinal meningitis
  • spinal meningeal TB - [tuberculosis]
  • spinal meningeal TBC - [tuberculosis]
  • tuberculous arachnoiditis
  • tuberculous spinal meningitis

Inclusions

  • Tuberculous leptomeningitis

Exclusions from above levels

  • CA60.3 – Pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis
  • NE83.1 – Infection arising from device, implant or graft, not elsewhere classified

Sibling codes

  • 1B11.1 – Tuberculous meningoencephalitis
  • 1B11.2 – Meningeal tuberculoma
  • 1B11.3 – Tuberculous granuloma of brain
  • 1B11.Y – Other tuberculosis of nervous system
  • 1B11.Z – Tuberculosis of the nervous system, unspecified

Foundation entity

Tuberculous meningitis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1820468614

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 1B11: Tuberculosis of the nervous system › 01: Certain infectious or parasitic diseases