B76.9

Hookworm disease, unspecified

Billable / specific

B76.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Cutaneous larva migrans NOS

Includes (from B76)

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
  • uncinariasis

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from B76)
  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from B76)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from B76)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from B76)
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from B76)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-) (from B76)

Also known as

  • Cutaneous larva migrans NOS
  • Anemia, brickmaker's
  • Anemia, Egyptian
  • Anemia, epidemic
  • Anemia, hookworm
  • Anemia, miner's
  • Anemia, tropical
  • Brickmakers' anemia
  • Chlorosis, Egyptian
  • Chlorosis, miner's
  • Chorioretinitis, Egyptian
  • Chorioretinitis, miner's
  • Coolie itch
  • Creeping, eruption
  • Cutaneous, larva migrans
  • Disease, diseased, hookworm

Parent code

  • B76Hookworm diseasesHeader

Related codes

  • B76.0AncylostomiasisBillable
  • B76.1NecatoriasisBillable
  • B76.8Other hookworm diseasesBillable

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