B69.0
B69.0: Cysticercosis of central nervous system
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B69.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for cysticercosis of central nervous system. It is valid for submission on a claim.
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Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
B69.0 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Neurocysticercosis
- Cysticercosis, cysticerciasis›brain
- Cysticercosis, cysticerciasis›central nervous system
- Cysticercosis, cysticerciasis›cerebral
- Epilepsy, epileptic, epilepsia›cysticercosis
- Cysticercosis, cysticerciasis›with›epileptiform fits
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.