B71.8

B71.8: Other specified cestode infections

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B71.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified cestode infections. 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.

Coenurosis

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

B71.8 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

Bertielliasis
Coenurosis
Raillietiniasis
Cestode infestation›specified type NEC
Infection, infected, infective›Diplogonoporus(grandis)
Infestation›Diplogonoporus(grandis)
Infestation›cestodes›specified type NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.