Louse-borne relapsing fever
Billable / specific
A68.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Relapsing fever due to Borrelia recurrentis
Includes (from A68)
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
- recurrent fever
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from A68)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from A68)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from A68)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from A68)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from A68)
- leptospirosis (A27.-) (from A68)
- syphilis (A50-A53) (from A68)
- Lyme disease (A69.2-) (from A68)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Relapsing fever due to Borrelia recurrentis
- Carapata
- Disease, diseased, Carapata
- Fever, relapsing, louse-borne
- Fever, relapsing, Novy's, louse-borne
- Fever, relapsing, Obermeyer's
- Novy's relapsing fever, louse-borne
- Obermeyer's relapsing fever
- Relapsing fever, louse-borne
- Relapsing fever, Obermeyer's
- Spirillum, obermeieri infection
Parent code
- A68Relapsing feversHeader