2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B70.0

Diphyllobothriasis

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  • B70.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM B70.0 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of B70.0 - other international versions of ICD-10 B70.0 may differ.
Applicable To
  • Diphyllobothrium (adult) (latum) (pacificum) infection
  • Fish tapeworm (infection)
Type 2 Excludes
Type 2 Excludes Help
A type 2 excludes note represents "not included here". A type 2 excludes note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition it is excluded from but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When a type 2 excludes note appears under a code it is acceptable to use both the code (B70.0) and the excluded code together.
  • larval diphyllobothriasis (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B70.1

    Sparganosis

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    Applicable To
    • Infection due to Sparganum (mansoni) (proliferum)
    • Infection due to Spirometra larva
    • Larval diphyllobothriasis
    • Spirometrosis
    B70.1
    )
The following code(s) above B70.0 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
  • Applicable To annotations, or
  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
  • Excludes2 annotations, or
  • Includes annotations, or
  • Note annotations, or
  • Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to B70.0:
  • A00-B99
    2023 ICD-10-CM Range A00-B99

    Certain infectious and parasitic diseases

    Includes
    • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
    Type 1 Excludes
    • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
    Type 2 Excludes
    • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
    • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
    • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
    • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)
    Use Additional
    • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
    Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Clinical Information
  • Infection with tapeworms of the genus diphyllobothrium.
ICD-10-CM B70.0 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
  • 391 Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders with mcc
  • 392 Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders without mcc

Convert B70.0 to ICD-9-CM

Code History
  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to B70.0:
  • Code First: D63.8
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D63.8

    Anemia in other chronic diseases classified elsewhere

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    Code First

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to B70.0:
  • Anemia (essential) (general) (hemoglobin deficiency) (infantile) (primary) (profound) D64.9
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D64.9

    Anemia, unspecified

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    • due to (in) (with)
      • fish tapeworm B70.0 (D.latum)
    • bothriocephalus B70.0
    • dibothriocephalus B70.0
    • Diphyllobothrium B70.0 (Dibothriocephalus)
    • fish tapeworm B70.0 (D. latum)
  • Bothriocephalus latus infestation B70.0
  • Dibothriocephalus, dibothriocephaliasis (latus) (infection) (infestation) B70.0
  • Diphyllobothriasis (intestine) B70.0
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B99.9

    Unspecified infectious disease

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  • Infestation B88.9
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B88.9

    Infestation, unspecified

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    Applicable To
    • Infestation (skin) NOS
    • Infestation by mites NOS
    • Skin parasites NOS

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To B70.0
B68.1 Taenia saginata taeniasis
B68.9 Taeniasis, unspecified
B69 Cysticercosis
B69.0 Cysticercosis of central nervous system
B69.1 Cysticercosis of eye
B69.8 Cysticercosis of other sites
B69.81 Myositis in cysticercosis
B69.89 Cysticercosis of other sites
B69.9 Cysticercosis, unspecified
B70 Diphyllobothriasis and sparganosis
B70.0 Diphyllobothriasis
B70.1 Sparganosis
B71 Other cestode infections
B71.0 Hymenolepiasis
B71.1 Dipylidiasis
B71.8 Other specified cestode infections
B71.9 Cestode infection, unspecified
B72 Dracunculiasis
B73 Onchocerciasis
B73.0 Onchocerciasis with eye disease
B73.00 Onchocerciasis with eye involvement, unspecified

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.