A06.4
Amebic liver abscess
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 8 never code together
A06code
A00-B99chapter
Excludes1
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
Excludes2
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)Z22.-
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)O98.-
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)P35-P39
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)J00-J22
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 4
Index entries leading here 3
- Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) L02.91
- amebic A06.4
- liver (without mention of brain or lung abscess) A06.4
- hepatic (cholangitic) (hematogenic) (lymphogenic) (pylephlebitic) K75.0
- amebic A06.4
- liver (cholangitic) (hematogenic) (lymphogenic) (pylephlebitic) (pyogenic) K75.0
- amebic (due to Entamoeba histolytica) (dysenteric) (tropical) A06.4
- amebic A06.4
- Ameba, amebic (histolytica) — see also Amebiasis
- abscess (liver) A06.4
- Dysentery, dysenteric (catarrhal) (diarrhea) (epidemic) (hemorrhagic) (infectious) (sporadic) (tropical) A09
- abscess, liver A06.4
Alongside this code 9 same parent — A06
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