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A68.1 – Tick-borne relapsing fever

Overview

Coding Notes

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Applicable To

Relapsing fever due to any Borrelia species other than Borrelia recurrentis

GEM Conversion to ICD-9 CM

Fs: 00000 – Relapsing fever, tick-borne

MDC / MS-DRG Reference

OTHER INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES DIAGNOSES WITH MCC
OTHER INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES DIAGNOSES WITH CC
OTHER INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES DIAGNOSES WITHOUT CC/MCC

Back Reference of Diagnostic Codes

African
tick fever A68.1
Carter's relapsing fever (Asiatic) A68.1
Dutton's relapsing fever (West African) A68.1
Fever (inanition) (of unknown origin) (persistent) (with chills) (with rigor) R50.9
African tick-borne A68.1
mianeh A68.1
relapsing (Borrelia) A68.9
Carter's (Asiatic) A68.1
Dutton's (West African) A68.1
Novy's
tick-borne A68.1
tick-borne A68.1
South African tick-bite A68.1
Novy's relapsing fever A68.9
tick-borne A68.1
Relapsing fever A68.9
Carter's (Asiatic) A68.1
Dutton's (West African) A68.1
Novy's (American) A68.1
tick-borne (endemic) A68.1

Sibling Codes

Louse-borne relapsing fever
Relapsing fever, unspecified

Parent Sibling Codes

Anogenital herpesviral [herpes simplex] infections
Other predominantly sexually transmitted diseases, not elsewhere classified
Unspecified sexually transmitted disease
Nonvenereal syphilis
Yaws
Pinta [carate]
Relapsing fevers
Other spirochetal infections

View in Tabular

Code Title
A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
A65-A69 Other spirochetal diseases (A65-A69)
A68 Relapsing fevers
A68.1 Tick-borne relapsing fever
Applicable to
Relapsing fever due to any Borrelia species other than Borrelia recurrentis