A06.0 Acute amebic dysentery

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applicable to

• Acute amebiasis
• Intestinal amebiasis NOS

Applies from A06 Amebiasis

Includes

• infection due to Entamoeba histolytica

Excludes1 (never code together)

• other protozoal intestinal diseases (A07.-)

Excludes2 (not included here)

• acanthamebiasis (B60.1-)
• Naegleriasis (B60.2)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 371-373 in MDC 06.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 006.0 Acute amebic dysentery without mention of abscess

Code annotations containing back-references to A06.0

Back-references to A06

• Type 2 Excludes: P37 Other congenital infectious and parasitic diseases ("infectious neonatal diarrhea (A00-A09)")

Diagnosis Index entries for A06.0

• Amebiasis › acute
• Amebiasis › intestine
• Colitis (acute) (catarrhal) (chronic) (noninfective) (hemorrhagic) › amebic (acute)
• Diarrhea, diarrheal (disease) (infantile) (inflammatory) › amebic
• Diarrhea, diarrheal (disease) (infantile) (inflammatory) › amebic › acute
• Dysentery, dysenteric (catarrhal) (diarrhea) (epidemic) (hemorrhagic) (infectious) (sporadic) (tropical) › amebic
• Dysentery, dysenteric (catarrhal) (diarrhea) (epidemic) (hemorrhagic) (infectious) (sporadic) (tropical) › amebic › acute
• Enteritis (acute) (diarrheal) (hemorrhagic) (noninfective) › amebic (acute)
• Proctitis › amebic (acute)

Nearby codes

• A06 Amebiasis
• A06.0 Acute amebic dysentery (this code)
• 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