A06.8 — Amebic infection of other sites
A06.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for amebic infection of other sites. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above A06.8
These are not written on A06.8, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing A06.8 with anything listed here is a denial.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above A06.8
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of A06.8, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Other codes that can never be billed with A06.8
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at A06.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading A06.8 alone.
Risk adjustment
A06.8 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code history
A06.8 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Code to one of these instead A06.8
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share A06. If A06.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about A06.8
- Is A06.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. A06.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does A06.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09).
- What cannot be coded together with A06.8?
- A06.8 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above A06.8 (A06) and apply to it just the same.