B76.9
Hookworm disease, unspecified
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 3 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 5 never code together
A00-B99chapter
Excludes1
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
Excludes2
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)Z22.-
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)O98.-
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)P35-P39
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)J00-J22
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 4
Index entries leading here 17
- Anemia (essential) (general) (hemoglobin deficiency) (infantile) (primary) (profound) D64.9
- Brickmakers' anemia B76.9
- Chlorosis D50.9
- Chorioretinitis — see also Inflammation, chorioretinal
- Itch, itching — see also Pruritus
- Coolie itch B76.9
- Eruption
- Creeping
- eruption B76.9
- Larva migrans
- cutaneous B76.9
- Cutaneous — see also condition
- larva migrans B76.9
- Disease, diseased — see also Syndrome
- Ground itch B76.9
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9
- hookworm B76.9
- Infestation B88.9
- hookworm B76.9
- Hookworm (disease) (infection) (infestation) B76.9
- with anemia B76.9
- Water
- itch B76.9
- Uncinariasis B76.9
Alongside this code 3 same parent — B76
Additional references
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