Naegleriasis
Billable / specific
B60.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Primary amebic meningoencephalitis
Includes (from B60)
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from B60)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from B60)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from B60)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from B60)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from B60)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Primary amebic meningoencephalitis
- Disease, diseased, protozoal, naegleriasis
- Encephalitis, in naegleriasis
- Meningoencephalitis, in free-living amebae
- Meningoencephalitis, in Naegleria
- Meningoencephalitis, primary amebic
Parent code
- B60Other protozoal diseases, not elsewhere classifiedHeader