A06Amebiasis
ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09)
Coding Notes
Includes
- infection due to Entamoeba histolytica
Excludes1 (never code both together)
- other protozoal intestinal diseases (A07.-)
Excludes2 (not part of this condition — may code both)
- acanthamebiasis (B60.1-)
- Naegleriasis (B60.2)
Subcategories (10)
- A06.0 Acute amebic dysentery
- A06.1 Chronic intestinal amebiasis
- A06.2 Amebic nondysenteric colitis
- A06.3 Ameboma of intestine
- A06.4 Amebic liver abscess
- A06.5 Amebic lung abscess
- A06.6 Amebic brain abscess
- A06.7 Cutaneous amebiasis
- A06.8 Amebic infection of other sites
- A06.9 Amebiasis, unspecified