G06.0Billable
Intracranial abscess and granuloma
Chapter 6: Diseases of the nervous system
Inclusion Terms
7 items
Inclusion Terms
- •Brain [any part] abscess (embolic)
- •Cerebellar abscess (embolic)
- •Cerebral abscess (embolic)
- •Intracranial epidural abscess or granuloma
- •Intracranial extradural abscess or granuloma
- •Intracranial subdural abscess or granuloma
- •Otogenic abscess (embolic)
Excludes1
1 item
Excludes1
- •tuberculous intracranial abscess and granuloma (A17.81)
Billable Code
G06.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Referenced in Diagnoses
Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation
View documentation for brain abscess
brain abscess
View TemplatesBrain Abscess
Additional Information from Parent Codes
The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Excludes2
8 items
Excludes2
From G00-G99:
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- •
- •congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- •endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- •injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- •neoplasms (C00-D49)
- •symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)