Amebiasis - A06
This notation helps users understand the scope of a code A06 category and provides additional information about the conditions or terms that fall under that category.
Category Includes:
- infection due to Entamoeba histolytica
Excludes1: It indicates that the conditions described by two codes cannot occur together in the same patient. These codes are mutually exclusive.
Type 1 Excludes:
- other protozoal intestinal diseases (A07.-)
Excludes2: This note means that the conditions described by two codes are not usually associated with each other but can sometimes occur together.
Type 2 Excludes:
- acanthamebiasis (B60.1-)
- Naegleriasis (B60.2)
These ranges represents subcategories of Amebiasis. The "A06" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.
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
- A06.6 - Amebic brain abscess
- A06.7 - Cutaneous amebiasis
- A06.8 - Amebic infection of other sites
- A06.81 - Amebic cystitis
- A06.82 - Other amebic genitourinary infections
- A06.89 - Other amebic infections
- A06.9 - Amebiasis, unspecified