ICD-10-CM · Chapter 1 · A00–B99
A06.7
Cutaneous amebiasis
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Quick facts
- Code
- A06.7
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 1 — Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
- Category
- A06 — Amebiasis
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM A06.7 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of cutaneous amebiasis. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in A06
- A06Amebiasis
- A06.0Acute amebic dysentery
- A06.1Chronic intestinal amebiasis
- A06.2Amebic nondysenteric colitis
- A06.3Ameboma of intestine
- A06.4Amebic liver abscess
- A06.5Amebic lung abscess
- A06.6Amebic brain abscess
- A06.8Amebic infection of other sites
- A06.81Amebic cystitis
- A06.82Other amebic genitourinary infections
- A06.89Other amebic infections
- A06.9Amebiasis, unspecified
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