B76.8 — Other hookworm diseases
B76.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other hookworm diseases. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
B76.8 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
B76.8 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies — 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56456Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
- A56632Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
How B76.8 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to B76.8.
- Hookworm›specified NEC
- Disease, diseased›hookworm›specified NEC
- Infestation›hookworm›specified type NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share B76. If B76.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about B76.8
- Is B76.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. B76.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does B76.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Helminthiases (B65-B83).