006.8 - Amebic Infection Of Other Sites
The ICD 9 Code for Amebic infection of other sites is listed as 006.8.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
| ICD 9 CM Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis Code: | 006.8 |
| Long Description: | Amebic infection of other sites |
| Short Description: | Amebic infection NEC |
| Chapter: | Infectious And Parasitic Diseases |
| Block: | Intestinal Infectious Diseases (001-009) |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | A06.89 - Other amebic infections (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 006.8: | |
| 006.0 - Acute amebic dysentery without mention of abscess | |
| 006.1 - Chronic intestinal amebiasis without mention of abscess | |
| 006.2 - Amebic nondysenteric colitis | |
| 006.3 - Amebic liver abscess | |
| 006.4 - Amebic lung abscess | |
| 006.5 - Amebic brain abscess | |
| 006.6 - Amebic skin ulceration | |
| 006.9 - Amebiasis, unspecified | |