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Relapsing fevers
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2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A68
Relapsing fevers
2016 2017 2018 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- A68 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2018 edition of ICD-10-CM A68 became effective on October 1, 2017.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A68 - other international versions of ICD-10 A68 may differ.
Type 2 ExcludesType 2 Excludes Help
A type 2 excludes note represents "not included here". A type 2 excludes note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition it is excluded from but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When a type 2 excludes note appears under a code it is acceptable to use both the code (A68) and the excluded code together.
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"Includes" further defines, or give examples of, the content of the code or category.
The following code(s) above
A68 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
A68:
- An acute infection characterized by recurrent episodes of pyrexia alternating with asymptomatic intervals of apparent recovery. This condition is caused by spirochetes of the genus borrelia. It is transmitted by the bites of either the body louse (pediculus humanus corporis), for which humans are the reservoir, or by soft ticks of the genus ornithodoros, for which rodents and other animals are the principal reservoirs.
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To A68
A66.6 Bone and joint lesions of yaws
A66.7 Other manifestations of yaws
A67.0 Primary lesions of pinta
A67.1 Intermediate lesions of pinta
A67.2 Late lesions of pinta
A67.3 Mixed lesions of pinta
A68
Relapsing fevers
A68.0 Louse-borne relapsing fever
A68.1 Tick-borne relapsing fever
A68.9 Relapsing fever, unspecified
A69 Other spirochetal infections
A69.0 Necrotizing ulcerative stomatitis
A69.1 Other Vincent's infections
A69.21 Meningitis due to Lyme disease
A69.22 Other neurologic disorders in Lyme disease
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
