B71.9 Cestode infection, unspecified

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Tapeworm (infection) NOS

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 123.9 Cestode infection, unspecified

Code annotations containing back-references to B71.9

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 B71.9

• Cestode infestation
• Cestodiasis
• Disease, diseased › brain › parasitic NEC
• Disease, diseased › parasitic › cerebral NEC
• Encephalitis (chronic) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (nonepidemic) (spurious) (subacute) › parasitic NOS
• Epilepsy, epileptic, epilepsia (attack) (cerebral) (convulsion) (fit) (seizure) › parasitic NOS
• Infestation › cestodes
• Infestation › tapeworm

Nearby codes

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