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

A06.6 – Amebic brain abscess

Coding Notes

Active

Billable, valid for HIPAA-covered transactions

Applicable To

Amebic abscess of brain (and liver) (and lung)

GEM Conversion to ICD-9 CM

006.5

Fs: 00000 – Amebic brain abscess

MDC / MS-DRG Reference

DRG 023

CRANIOTOMY WITH MAJOR DEVICE IMPLANT OR ACUTE COMPLEX CNS PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITH MCC OR CHEMOTHERAPY IMPLANT OR EPILEPSY WITH NEUROSTIMULATOR

DRG 024

CRANIOTOMY WITH MAJOR DEVICE IMPLANT OR ACUTE COMPLEX CNS PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITHOUT MCC

DRG 097

NON-BACTERIAL INFECTION OF NERVOUS SYSTEM EXCEPT VIRAL MENINGITIS WITH MCC

DRG 098

NON-BACTERIAL INFECTION OF NERVOUS SYSTEM EXCEPT VIRAL MENINGITIS WITH CC

DRG 099

NON-BACTERIAL INFECTION OF NERVOUS SYSTEM EXCEPT VIRAL MENINGITIS WITHOUT CC/MCC

Back Reference of Diagnostic Codes

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

amebic A06.4

brain (and liver or lung abscess) A06.6

brain (any part) (cystic) (otogenic) G06.0

amebic (with abscess of any other site) A06.6

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

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

with

brain abscess (and liver or lung abscess) A06.6

lung (miliary) (putrid) J85.2

amebic (with liver abscess) A06.5

with

brain abscess A06.6

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

A06.5

Amebic lung 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
A06.6	Amebic brain abscess Applicable to Amebic abscess of brain (and liver) (and lung)