B71.0
B71.0: Hymenolepiasis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B71.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for hymenolepiasis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check B71.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Dwarf tapeworm infection
- Rat tapeworm (infection)
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
B71.0 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
- Diminuta taenia
- Hymenolepis, hymenolepiasis(diminuta) (infection) (infestation) (nana)
- Infection, infected, infective›Hymenolepis
- Infestation›dwarf tapeworm
- Infestation›Hymenolepis(diminuta) (nana)
- Infestation›rat tapeworm
- Taenia›diminuta
- Taenia›nana
- Infestation›cestodes›hymenolepiasis
- Infestation›Taenia›diminuta
- Infestation›Taenia›nana
- Infestation›tapeworm›dwarf
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.