G06Non-billableSave

G06 - Intracranial and intraspinal abscess and granuloma

ICD-10-CM Chapter 6: Diseases of the nervous system · G00-G09 Inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system (G00-G09) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

G06 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 3 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Use Additional CodeFrom G06

Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.

  • code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter G00-G99

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • 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)

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