Cysticercosis of other sites

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

B69.81 Myositis in cysticercosis
B69.89 Cysticercosis of other sites

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Cysticercosis of other sites

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

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
B69.0	Cysticercosis of central nervous system	Valid
B69.1	Cysticercosis of eye	Valid
B69.9	Cysticercosis, unspecified	Valid