B60.2

B60.2: Naegleriasis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B60.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for naegleriasis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Primary amebic meningoencephalitis

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B60.2

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

B60.2 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
A57206Billing and Coding: Lumbar MRI
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

Naegleriasis(with meningoencephalitis)
Meningoencephalitis›primary amebic
Disease, diseased›protozoal›naegleriasis
Encephalitis›in›naegleriasis
Meningoencephalitis›in›free-living amebae
Meningoencephalitis›in›Naegleria(amebae) (organisms) (fowleri)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.