ICD-10-CM code "B68": Taeniasis (2024)

Overview

ICD-10 CodeB68
DescriptionTaeniasis
Hierarchy
  1. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  2. Helminthiases (B65-B83)
  3. Taeniasis (B68)
Billable statusNon billable code

Excludes

  1. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)

    Type 1certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

    Type 2carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)

    Type 2infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)

    Type 2infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)

    Type 2influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)

  2. Helminthiases (B65-B83)
  3. Taeniasis (B68)

    Type 1cysticercosis (B69.-)

Includes

  1. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)

    Includesdiseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

  2. Helminthiases (B65-B83)
  3. Taeniasis (B68)