B60.12

B60.12: Conjunctivitis due to Acanthamoeba

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B60.12 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for conjunctivitis due to acanthamoeba. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check B60.12 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B60.12

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

B60.12 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57068Billing and Coding: Ocular Photography - External

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Acanthamebiasis›conjunctiva
Conjunctivitis NOS›Acanthamoeba
Conjunctivitis NOS›in›Acanthamoeba

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.