B60.11

B60.11: Meningoencephalitis due to Acanthamoeba (culbertsoni)

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B60.11 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for meningoencephalitis due to acanthamoeba (culbertsoni). It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check B60.11 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B60.11

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on B60: Other protozoal diseases, not elsewhere classified

cryptosporidiosis (A07.2)
intestinal microsporidiosis (A07.8)
isosporiasis (A07.3)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

B60.11 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
A57206Billing and Coding: Lumbar MRI

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Acanthamebiasis›meningoencephalitis

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.