ICD-10-CM code "A68": Relapsing fevers (2024)

Overview

ICD-10 CodeA68
DescriptionRelapsing fevers
Hierarchy
  1. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  2. Other spirochetal diseases (A65-A69)
  3. Relapsing fevers (A68)
Billable statusNon billable code

Excludes

  1. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)

    Type 1certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

    Type 2carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)

    Type 2infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)

    Type 2infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)

    Type 2influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)

  2. Other spirochetal diseases (A65-A69)

    Type 2leptospirosis (A27.-)

    Type 2syphilis (A50-A53)

  3. Relapsing fevers (A68)

    Type 2Lyme disease (A69.2-)

Includes

  1. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)

    Includesdiseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

  2. Other spirochetal diseases (A65-A69)
  3. Relapsing fevers (A68)

    Includesrecurrent fever

Subcategories