B70.0
B70.0: Diphyllobothriasis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B70.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for diphyllobothriasis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check B70.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- larval diphyllobothriasis (B70.1)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Diphyllobothrium (adult) (latum) (pacificum) infection
- Fish tapeworm (infection)
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
B70.0 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
- Bothriocephalus latus infestation
- Dibothriocephalus, dibothriocephaliasis(latus) (infection) (infestation)
- Diphyllobothriasis(intestine)
- Anemia›bothriocephalus
- Anemia›dibothriocephalus
- Anemia›Diphyllobothrium(Dibothriocephalus)
- Anemia›fish tapeworm infestation(D. latum)
- Infection, infected, infective›Diphyllobothrium(adult) (latum) (pacificum)
- Infection, infected, infective›fish tapeworm
- Infestation›Bothriocephalus(latus)
- Infestation›broad tapeworm
- Infestation›Dibothriocephalus(latus)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.