B69.1 Cysticercosis of eye

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applies from B69 Cysticercosis

Includes

• cysticerciasis infection due to larval form of Taenia solium

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 371-373 in MDC 06.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 123.1 Cysticercosis (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to B69.1

Back-references to B69

• Type 1 Excludes: B68 Taeniasis ("cysticercosis (B69.-)")
• Code First: H94.0 Acoustic neuritis in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere ("parasitic disease (B65-B89)")
• Type 2 Excludes: J82 Pulmonary eosinophilia, not elsewhere classified ("pulmonary eosinophilia due to specified parasitic infection (B50-B83)")

Diagnosis Index entries for B69.1

• Cysticercosis, cysticerciasis › ocular
• Endophthalmitis (acute) (infective) (metastatic) (subacute) › in (due to) › cysticercosis

Nearby codes

• B69 Cysticercosis
• B69.0 Cysticercosis of central nervous system
• B69.1 Cysticercosis of eye (this code)
• B69.8 Cysticercosis of other sites
• B69.81 Myositis in cysticercosis
• B69.89 Cysticercosis of other sites
• B69.9 Cysticercosis, unspecified