ICD-11 classes
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Parasitic diseases
Helminthiases
Diseases due to nematodes
1F68 — Hookworm diseases
ICD-11 1F68 — Hookworm diseases
A disease caused by an infection with the parasitic worm Ancylostoma. This disease is characterised by pruritus at the site of larval penetration. In mild infections, this disease may be asymptomatic; in moderate to severe infections, this disease may present with cough, pharyngeal irritation during larval migration in airways, iron-deficiency anaemia, abdominal pain, nausea, bloody diarrhoea, fatigue, or delayed development (mental or physical). Transmission is by direct contact with larvae from soil or sand contaminated with dog or cat faeces (by percutaneous migration of larvae), ingestion of larvae, or vertical transmission. Confirmation is by identification of Ancylostoma in a faecal sample.
It includes 1 item.
- Hook-worm infestation by Ancylostoma
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
Diagnosis with code 1F68 contains 3 clarifying diagnoses:
- 1F68.0 — Ancylostomiasis
- 1F68.1 — Necatoriasis
- 1F68.2 — Cutaneous larva migrans
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
The diagnosis is included in 1 another class.
- Eosinophilic enteritis due to Ancylostoma (1F9Z)