A06.3 Ameboma of intestine

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

Applicable to

• Ameboma 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) 867-869 in MDC 18.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 006.8 Amebic infection of other sites (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to A06.3

Back-references to A06

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

Diagnosis Index entries for A06.3

• Ameboma (of intestine)

Nearby codes

• A06 Amebiasis
• A06.0 Acute amebic dysentery
• A06.1 Chronic intestinal amebiasis
• A06.2 Amebic nondysenteric colitis
• A06.3 Ameboma of intestine (this code)
• 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