Section B65-B83Helminthiases
  1. B69 Cysticercosis

    Includes:

    • cysticerciasis infection due to larval form of Taenia solium
    1. B69.0 Cysticercosis of central nervous system

    2. B69.1 Cysticercosis of eye

    3. B69.8 Cysticercosis of other sites

      1. B69.81 Myositis in cysticercosis

      2. B69.89 Cysticercosis of other sites

    4. B69.9 Cysticercosis, unspecified

Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.