ICD-10 · PDGM grouping
A06 Amebiasis
All 12 codes in the A06 family, with the PDGM clinical group, comorbidity subgroup and primary-position rule CMS assigns, read from the CMS grouper crosswalk v07.2.26 and the CDC FY2027 code file.
Codes in family
12
Can lead a claim
12
Cannot lead a claim
0
What CMS assigns to A06
All 12 codes group to MMTA - Infectious Disease, Neoplasms, and Blood-Forming Diseases. None of the 12 is assigned a comorbidity subgroup. Every code can lead a claim.
Every code in A06
Descriptions are CDC’s FY2027 wording; where CMS’s grouper abbreviates one, its form is shown beneath.
| Code | Description | Primary position | Clinical group | Comorbidity subgroup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A06.0 | Acute amebic dysentery | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A06.1 | Chronic intestinal amebiasis | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A06.2 | Amebic nondysenteric colitis | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A06.3 | Ameboma of intestine | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A06.4 | Amebic liver abscess | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A06.5 | Amebic lung abscess | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A06.6 | Amebic brain abscess | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A06.7 | Cutaneous amebiasis | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A06.8 Amebic infection of other sites | ||||
| A06.81 | Amebic cystitis | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A06.82 | Other amebic genitourinary infections | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A06.89 | Other amebic infections | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A06.9 | Amebiasis, unspecified | Can lead a claim | K | None |
Sources: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective 2026-10-01, for the clinical group, comorbidity subgroup, code-first conventions and primary-position flags; CDC NCHS ICD-10-CM FY2027 code descriptions for the family title and code wording. This is the crosswalk Medicare runs a claim through. Grouping also depends on admission source, timing, the OASIS functional items and the rest of the diagnosis list.
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