Hymenolepiasis
Billable / specific
B71.0 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
- Dwarf tapeworm infection
- Rat tapeworm (infection)
Includes (from B71)
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from B71)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from B71)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from B71)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from B71)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from B71)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Dwarf tapeworm infection
- Rat tapeworm (infection)
- Diminuta taenia
- Hymenolepis, hymenolepiasis
- Infection, infected, infective, Hymenolepis
- Infestation, cestodes, hymenolepiasis
- Infestation, dwarf tapeworm
- Infestation, Hymenolepis
- Infestation, rat tapeworm
- Infestation, Taenia, diminuta
- Infestation, Taenia, nana
- Infestation, tapeworm, dwarf
- Infestation, tapeworm, rat
- Taenia, diminuta
- Taenia, nana
Parent code
- B71Other cestode infectionsHeader