Kodex

Code

A06.6

Amebic brain abscess

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Hierarchy

A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- A00-A09 Intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09)
  - A06 Amebiasis
    - A06.0 Acute amebic dysentery
    - A06.1 Chronic intestinal amebiasis
    - A06.2 Amebic nondysenteric colitis
    - A06.3 Ameboma of intestine
    - A06.4 Amebic liver abscess
    - A06.5 Amebic lung abscess
    - A06.6 Amebic brain abscess
    - A06.7 Cutaneous amebiasis
    - A06.8 Amebic infection of other sites
    - A06.9 Amebiasis, unspecified

Inclusion Terms

A06.6

Amebic abscess of brain (and liver) (and lung)

Use Additional

code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
- Z16 Resistance to antimicrobial drugs

Includes

infection due to Entamoeba histolytica

diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes 1

A07 Other protozoal intestinal diseases

certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

Excludes 2

B60.1 Acanthamebiasis
B60.2 Naegleriasis

carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
- Z22 Carrier of infectious disease
infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
- O98 Maternal infectious and parasitic diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
- P35-P39 Infections specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)