Amebiasis
Non-billable header
A06 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Includes
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
- infection due to Entamoeba histolytica
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- other protozoal intestinal diseases (A07.-)
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)
- acanthamebiasis (B60.1-)
- Naegleriasis (B60.2)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
More specific codes A06
- A06.0Acute amebic dysenteryBillable
- A06.1Chronic intestinal amebiasisBillable
- A06.2Amebic nondysenteric colitisBillable
- A06.3Ameboma of intestineBillable
- A06.4Amebic liver abscessBillable
- A06.5Amebic lung abscessBillable
- A06.6Amebic brain abscessBillable
- A06.7Cutaneous amebiasisBillable
- A06.8Amebic infection of other sitesHeader
- A06.9Amebiasis, unspecifiedBillable
Related codes
- A00CholeraHeader
- A01Typhoid and paratyphoid feversHeader
- A02Other salmonella infectionsHeader
- A03ShigellosisHeader
- A04Other bacterial intestinal infectionsHeader
- A05Other bacterial foodborne intoxications, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
- A07Other protozoal intestinal diseasesHeader
- A08Viral and other specified intestinal infectionsHeader
- A09Infectious gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecifiedBillable