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echinococcus granulosus

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Echinococcus granulosus, also called the hydatid worm or dog tapeworm, is a cyclophyllid cestode that dwells in the small intestine of canids as an adult, but which has important intermediate hosts such as livestock and humans, where it causes cystic echinococcosis, also known as hydatid disease. The adult tapeworm ranges in length from 3 mm to 6 mm and has three proglottids ("segments") when intact—an immature proglottid, mature proglottid and a gravid proglottid...
Related Codes (5)
Code
Description
Billable
Details
B67.0Echinococcus granulosus infection of liver
B67.31Echinococcus granulosus infection, thyroid gland
B67.32Echinococcus granulosus infection, multiple sites
B67.39Echinococcus granulosus infection, other sites
B67.4Echinococcus granulosus infection, unspecified

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