E06.0

Billable
ChapterE00–E89
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Official Description

Acute thyroiditis

Metadata & Insights
  • •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • •Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
  • •Chapter 4: Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases (E00-E89).

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • Abscess of thyroid
  • Pyogenic thyroiditis
  • Suppurative thyroiditis
Use Additional Code
  • code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.
General instructions are available for the parent sections:
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Clinical Hierarchy

CH4Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
E00-E07Disorders of thyroid gland (E00-E07)
E06Thyroiditis
E06.0Acute thyroiditis

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to E06.0:

categoryE06
Thyroiditis
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chapterCH4
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to E06.0. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

5 raw paths
Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic)1 unique routes
thyroid (gland)→E06.0
Suppuration, suppurative1 unique routes
thyroid (gland)→E06.0
Thyroiditis3 unique routes
acute (nonsuppurative) (pyogenic) (suppurative)→E06.0
pyogenic→E06.0
suppurative→E06.0

MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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