Tick-borne relapsing fever
Billable / specific
A68.1 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 any Borrelia species other than 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 any Borrelia species other than Borrelia recurrentis
- African, tick fever
- Carter's relapsing fever
- Dutton's relapsing fever
- Fever, African tick-borne
- Fever, mianeh
- Fever, relapsing, Carter's
- Fever, relapsing, Dutton's
- Fever, relapsing, Novy's, tick-borne
- Fever, relapsing, tick-borne
- Fever, South African tick-bite
- Novy's relapsing fever, tick-borne
- Relapsing fever, Carter's
- Relapsing fever, Dutton's
- Relapsing fever, Novy's
- Relapsing fever, tick-borne
Parent code
- A68Relapsing feversHeader