B76.8 Other hookworm diseases

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applies from B76 Hookworm diseases

Includes

• uncinariasis

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 371-373 in MDC 06.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 126.9 Ancylostomiasis and necatoriasis, unspecified (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to B76.8

Back-references to B76.8

• Code First: D63.8 Anemia in other chronic diseases classified elsewhere ("hookworm disease (B76.0-B76.9)")

Back-references to B76

• Code First: H94.0 Acoustic neuritis in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere ("parasitic disease (B65-B89)")
• Type 2 Excludes: J82 Pulmonary eosinophilia, not elsewhere classified ("pulmonary eosinophilia due to specified parasitic infection (B50-B83)")

Diagnosis Index entries for B76.8

• Disease, diseased › hookworm › specified NEC
• Hookworm (disease) (infection) (infestation) › specified NEC
• Infestation › hookworm › specified type NEC

Nearby codes

• B76 Hookworm diseases
• B76.0 Ancylostomiasis
• B76.1 Necatoriasis
• B76.8 Other hookworm diseases (this code)
• B76.9 Hookworm disease, unspecified