Kodex

Code

A68.0

Louse-borne relapsing fever

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Hierarchy

A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- A65-A69 Other spirochetal diseases (A65-A69)
  - A68 Relapsing fevers
    - A68.0 Louse-borne relapsing fever
    - A68.1 Tick-borne relapsing fever
    - A68.9 Relapsing fever, unspecified

Inclusion Terms

A68.0

Relapsing fever due to Borrelia recurrentis

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code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
- Z16 Resistance to antimicrobial drugs

Includes

recurrent fever

diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes 1

certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

Excludes 2

A69.2 Lyme disease

A27 Leptospirosis
syphilis (A50-A53)

carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
- Z22 Carrier of infectious disease
infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
- O98 Maternal infectious and parasitic diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
- P35-P39 Infections specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)