Taenia saginata taeniasis
Billable / specific
B68.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Beef tapeworm (infection)
- Infection due to adult tapeworm Taenia saginata
Includes (from B68)
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from B68)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from B68)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from B68)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from B68)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from B68)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Beef tapeworm (infection)
- Infection due to adult tapeworm Taenia saginata
- Infection, infected, infective, Taeniarhynchus saginatus
- Infestation, beef tapeworm
- Infestation, Taenia, mediocanellata
- Infestation, Taenia, saginata
- Infestation, Taeniarhynchus saginatus
- Infestation, tapeworm, beef
- Taenia, mediocanellata
- Taenia, saginata
Parent code
- B68TaeniasisHeader