B60.2 Naegleriasis

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

Applicable to

• Primary amebic meningoencephalitis

Applies from B60 Other protozoal diseases, not elsewhere classified

Excludes1 (never code together)

• cryptosporidiosis (A07.2)
• intestinal microsporidiosis (A07.8)
• isosporiasis (A07.3)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 867-869 in MDC 18.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 136.29 Other specific infections by free-living amebae (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to B60.2

Back-references to B60.2

• Type 2 Excludes: A06 Amebiasis ("Naegleriasis (B60.2)")

Back-references to B60

• Type 2 Excludes: J82 Pulmonary eosinophilia, not elsewhere classified ("pulmonary eosinophilia due to specified parasitic infection (B50-B83)")

Diagnosis Index entries for B60.2

• Disease, diseased › protozoal › naegleriasis
• Encephalitis (chronic) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (nonepidemic) (spurious) (subacute) › in (due to) › naegleriasis
• Meningoencephalitis › in (due to) › free-living amebae
• Meningoencephalitis › in (due to) › Naegleria (amebae) (organisms) (fowleri)
• Meningoencephalitis › primary amebic
• Naegleriasis (with meningoencephalitis)

Nearby codes

• B60.10 Acanthamebiasis, unspecified
• B60.11 Meningoencephalitis due to Acanthamoeba (culbertsoni)
• B60.12 Conjunctivitis due to Acanthamoeba
• B60.13 Keratoconjunctivitis due to Acanthamoeba
• B60.19 Other acanthamebic disease
• B60.2 Naegleriasis (this code)
• B60.8 Other specified protozoal diseases