A06.0
A06.0: Acute amebic dysentery
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A06.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acute amebic dysentery. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A06.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Acute amebiasis
- Intestinal amebiasis NOS
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above A06.0
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above A06.0
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
A06.0 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies: 7 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A57342Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Colonoscopy
- A58710Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
- A58720Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Amebiasis›acute
- Amebiasis›intestine
- Colitis›amebic(acute)
- Diarrhea, diarrheal›amebic
- Dysentery, dysenteric›amebic
- Enteritis›amebic(acute)
- Proctitis›amebic(acute)
- Diarrhea, diarrheal›amebic›acute
- Dysentery, dysenteric›amebic›acute
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.