Diagnosis Code: 006.0

Short Description: Ac amebiasis w/o abscess

Long Description: Acute amebic dysentery without mention of abscess

Code Classification:

• Infectious and parasitic diseases (001–139)
  • Intestinal infectious diseases (001-009)
    • 006 Amebiasis
      • 006.0 Ac amebiasis w/o abscess

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 006.0 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Amebiasis NEC 006.9
  • acute 006.0

• Diarrhea, diarrheal (acute) (autumn) (bilious) (bloody) (catarrhal) (choleraic) (chronic) (gravis) (green) (infantile) (lienteric) (noninfectious) (presumed noninfectious) (putrefactive) (secondary) (sporadic) (summer) (symptomatic) (thermic) 787.91
  • amebic (see also Amebiasis) 006.9
    • acute 006.0

• Dysentery, dysenteric (bilious) (catarrhal) (diarrhea) (epidemic) (gangrenous) (hemorrhagic) (infectious) (sporadic) (tropical) (ulcerative) 009.0
  • amebic (see also Amebiasis) 006.9
    • acute 006.0

• Enteritis (acute) (catarrhal) (choleraic) (chronic) (congestive) (diarrheal) (exudative) (follicular) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (lienteric) (noninfectious) (perforative) (phlegmonous) (presumed noninfectious) (pseudomembranous) 558.9
  • amebic (see also Amebiasis) 006.9
    • acute 006.0
      • with abscess - see Abscess, amebic
      • nondysenteric 006.2

• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
  • ameba, amebic (histolytica) (see also Amebiasis) 006.9
    • acute 006.0

• Intersexuality 752.7

Crosswalk Information

The code 006.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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