A75.2

Typhus fever due to Rickettsia typhi

Billable / specific

A75.2 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

  • Murine (flea-borne) typhus

Includes (from A75)

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • rickettsiosis due to Ehrlichia sennetsu (A79.81) (from A75)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from A75)
  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from A75)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from A75)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from A75)
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from A75)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-) (from A75)

Also known as

  • Murine (flea-borne) typhus
  • Body, bodies, Mooser's
  • Disease, diseased, Maxcy's
  • Fever, Mexican
  • Infection, infected, infective, typhus, flea-borne
  • Maxcy's disease
  • Mooser-Neill reaction
  • Mooser's bodies
  • Tabardillo, flea-borne
  • Typhus, due to Rickettsia, typhi
  • Typhus, endemic
  • Typhus, exanthematicus SAI, mexicanus SAI
  • Typhus, exanthematicus SAI, typhus murinus
  • Typhus, flea-borne
  • Typhus, Mexican
  • Typhus, murine

Parent code

  • A75Typhus feverHeader

Related codes

  • A75.0Epidemic louse-borne typhus fever due to Rickettsia prowazekiiBillable
  • A75.1Recrudescent typhus [Brill's disease]Billable
  • A75.3Typhus fever due to Rickettsia tsutsugamushiBillable
  • A75.9Typhus fever, unspecifiedBillable

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