B71.8 Other specified cestode infections

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

Applicable to

• Coenurosis

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 123.8 Other specified cestode infection (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to B71.8

Back-references to B71

• 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 B71.8

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

Nearby codes

• B71 Other cestode infections
• B71.0 Hymenolepiasis
• B71.1 Dipylidiasis
• B71.8 Other specified cestode infections (this code)
• B71.9 Cestode infection, unspecified