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Question: Encounter notes indicate that a patient suffers from 鈥渆mbolic abscess, parietal lobe.鈥� What is the correct ICD-10-CM code for this condition?

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Answer: You鈥檒l report the abscess with G06.0 (Intracranial abscess and granuloma). One of the alternate terms for G06.0 is 鈥淏rain [any part] abscess (embolic),鈥� which matches with your encounter notes.

If you see any of the terms below in your physician鈥檚 notes, you can also select G06.0 as your diagnosis:

• Cerebellar abscess (embolic)
• Cerebral abscess (embolic)
• Intracranial epidural abscess or granuloma
• Intracranial extradural abscess or granuloma
• Intracranial subdural abscess or granuloma
• Otogenic abscess (embolic).

Chris Boucher, MS, CPC, Senior Development Editor, AAPC