B68.0

B68.0: Taenia solium taeniasis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B68.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for taenia solium taeniasis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Pork tapeworm (infection)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B68.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on B68: Taeniasis

cysticercosis (B69.-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

B68.0 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56456Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
A56632Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Infestation›pork tapeworm(adult)
Taenia›solium(intestinal form)
Infestation›Taenia›solium(intestinal form)
Infestation›tapeworm›pork

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.