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A06.6 - Amebic brain abscess


The ICD 10 Code for Amebic brain abscess is listed as A06.6.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: A06.6
Description: Amebic brain abscess
  • Amebic abscess of brain (and liver) (and lung)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
023 - Cranio W Major Dev Impl/acute Complex Cns Pdx W Mcc Or Chemo Implant
024 - Cranio W Major Dev Impl/acute Complex Cns Pdx W/o Mcc
025 - Craniotomy & Endovascular Intracranial Procedures W Mcc
026 - Craniotomy & Endovascular Intracranial Procedures W Cc
027 - Craniotomy & Endovascular Intracranial Procedures W/o Cc/mcc
097 - Non-bacterial Infect Of Nervous Sys Exc Viral Meningitis W Mcc
098 - Non-bacterial Infect Of Nervous Sys Exc Viral Meningitis W Cc
099 - Non-bacterial Infect Of Nervous Sys Exc Viral Meningitis W/o Cc/mcc
Chapter Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
Block Intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09)
Parent A06 - Amebiasis
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 006.5 - Amebic brain abscess
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of A06.6:
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