ICD-10-CM Codes Browse (Tabular) Diagnostic External Drug Neoplasm

A06.5 – Amebic lung abscess

Coding Notes

Active

Billable, valid for HIPAA-covered transactions

Applicable To

Amebic abscess of lung (and liver)

GEM Conversion to ICD-9 CM

006.4

Fs: 00000 – Amebic lung abscess

MDC / MS-DRG Reference

DRG 177

RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC

DRG 178

RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH CC

DRG 179

RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITHOUT CC/MCC

Back Reference of Diagnostic Codes

Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) L02.91

amebic A06.4

lung (and liver) (without mention of brain abscess) A06.5

liver (cholangitic) (hematogenic) (lymphogenic) (pylephlebitic) (pyogenic) K75.0

amebic (due to Entamoeba histolytica) (dysenteric) (tropical) A06.4

with

lung abscess A06.5

lung (miliary) (putrid) J85.2

amebic (with liver abscess) A06.5

with

pneumonia A06.5

Sibling Codes

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

A06.6

Amebic brain abscess

A06.7

Cutaneous amebiasis

A06.8

Amebic infection of other sites

A06.9

Amebiasis, unspecified

Parent Sibling Codes

View in Tabular

Code	Title
A00-B99	Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
A00-A09	Intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09)
A06	Amebiasis
A06.5	Amebic lung abscess Applicable to Amebic abscess of lung (and liver)