E06.0

E06.0: Acute thyroiditis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E06.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acute thyroiditis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.

Inclusion terms

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

Abscess of thyroid
Pyogenic thyroiditis
Suppurative thyroiditis

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E06.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on E06: Thyroiditis

postpartum thyroiditis (O90.5)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

E06.0 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56729Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Head and Neck
A57029Billing and Coding: Ultrasound, Soft Tissues of Head and Neck
A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
A57657Billing and Coding: Sedimentation Rate, Erythrocyte

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Abscess›thyroid(gland)
Suppuration, suppurative›thyroid(gland)
Thyroiditis›acute(nonsuppurative) (pyogenic) (suppurative)
Thyroiditis›pyogenic
Thyroiditis›suppurative

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.