Cysticercosis of eye

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Cysticercosis of eye

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 B69 Cysticercosis

Includes

cysticerciasis infection due to larval form of Taenia solium

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
Cyst > Cysticercus
Abscess > helminthic
Parasitism > specified
Taenia > solium > larval form
Cysticercus cellulose infestation
Irritation > choroid, sympathetic
Disorder > globe > endophthalmitis
Infestation > Cysticercus cellulosae
Infection, infected, infective > Taenia
Rupture, ruptured > globe > nontraumatic
Infestation > Taenia > solium > larval form
Infestation > helminth > intestinal > taenia
Disease, diseased > parasitic > specified type
Infestation > helminth > intestinal > cysticercosis
Infection, infected, infective > Cysticercus cellulosae
Infestation > helminth > intestinal > diphyllobothriasis
Infestation > helminth > intestinal > specified > cestode NEC
Endophthalmitis > in > cysticercosis
Cysticercosis, cysticerciasis > ocular

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
B69.0	Cysticercosis of central nervous system	Valid
B69.8	Cysticercosis of other sites	Not billable
B69.9	Cysticercosis, unspecified	Valid