Diphyllobothriasis
Billable / specific
B70.0 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
- Diphyllobothrium (adult) (latum) (pacificum) infection
- Fish tapeworm (infection)
Includes (from B70)
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- larval diphyllobothriasis (B70.1)
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from B70)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from B70)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from B70)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from B70)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from B70)
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Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Diphyllobothrium (adult) (latum) (pacificum) infection
- Fish tapeworm (infection)
- Anemia, bothriocephalus
- Anemia, dibothriocephalus
- Anemia, Diphyllobothrium
- Anemia, due to fish tapeworminfestation
- Anemia, fish tapeworminfestation
- Bothriocephalus latus infestation
- Dibothriocephalus, dibothriocephaliasis
- Infection, infected, infective, Diphyllobothrium
- Infection, infected, infective, fish tapeworm
- Infestation, Bothriocephalus
- Infestation, broad tapeworm
- Infestation, Dibothriocephalus
- Infestation, Diphyllobothrium
- Infestation, fish tapeworm