ICD-11 classes
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Parasitic diseases
Helminthiases
Diseases due to cestodes
1F76 — Taeniasis
ICD-11 1F76 — Taeniasis
A disease of the intestines, caused by an infection with the adult parasitic worm Taenia. This disease is characterised by abdominal pain, weight loss, diarrhoea, constipation, or may be asymptomatic. Transmission is by ingestion of larval cysts in undercooked beef or pork. Confirmation is by identification of Taenia eggs or proglottids in faecal samples (samples from multiple days).
The diagnosis includes nothing.
It excludes 1 item.
- Cysticercosis (1F70)
Diagnosis with code 1F76 contains 4 clarifying diagnoses:
- 1F76.0 — Taeniasis due to Taenia solium
- 1F76.1 — Taeniasis due to Taenia saginata
- 1F76.Y — Other specified taeniasis
- 1F76.Z — Taeniasis, unspecified