ICD-10-CM › A00-B99 › B65-B83 › B68 Taeniasis › B68.9
B68.9
Taeniasis, unspecified
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Taeniasis, unspecified
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from B68 Taeniasis
Excludes1 - never coded here
- cysticercosis (B69.-)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Worm
- Taeniasis
- Helminthiasis
- Abscess > helminthic
- Parasitism > specified
- Infection, infected, infective > Taenia
- Infestation > helminth > intestinal > taenia
- Disease, diseased > parasitic > specified type
- Infestation > helminth > intestinal > diphyllobothriasis
- Infestation > helminth > intestinal > specified > cestode NEC
- Taenia
- Infestation > Taenia
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| B68.0 | Taenia solium taeniasis | Valid |
| B68.1 | Taenia saginata taeniasis | Valid |