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B68.1

B68.1: Taenia saginata taeniasis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B68.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for taenia saginata 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.

  • Beef tapeworm (infection)
  • Infection due to adult tapeworm Taenia saginata

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B68.1

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

B68.1 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

  • Infection, infected, infective›Taeniarhynchus saginatus
  • Infestation›beef tapeworm
  • Infestation›Taeniarhynchus saginatus
  • Taenia›mediocanellata
  • Taenia›saginata
  • Infestation›Taenia›mediocanellata
  • Infestation›Taenia›saginata
  • Infestation›tapeworm›beef

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under B68

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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