📋Overview
Summer encephalitis is a legacy term historically used to describe viral encephalitis cases occurring predominantly in summer months. It most commonly refers to arboviral encephalitis caused by mosquito-borne viruses such as West Nile virus, St. Louis encephalitis virus, and Eastern equine encephalitis virus. Modern terminology classifies these under arboviral or viral encephalitis rather than a distinct 'summer encephalitis' entity.
Medical codes (for reference)
UMLS CUI: C0014057ICD-10-CM
A83.0
MeSH
D004672
SNOMED CT (US)
52947006
Codes are provided for reference and interoperability. They are not a diagnosis.
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