A75.3

Typhus fever due to Rickettsia tsutsugamushi

Billable / specific

A75.3 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

  • Scrub (mite-borne) typhus
  • Tsutsugamushi fever
  • Typhus fever due to Orientia Tsutsugamushi (scrub 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

  • Scrub (mite-borne) typhus
  • Tsutsugamushi fever
  • Typhus fever due to Orientia Tsutsugamushi (scrub typhus)
  • Disease, diseased, akamushi
  • Disease, diseased, island
  • Disease, diseased, Kedani
  • Disease, diseased, shimamushi
  • Disease, diseased, tsutsugamushi
  • Fever, Japanese river
  • Fever, kedani
  • Fever, Sumatran mite
  • Fever, tsutsugamushi
  • Infection, infected, infective, typhus, mite-borne
  • Japanese, river fever
  • Kedani fever
  • Sumatran mite fever
  • Tsutsugamushi
  • Typhus, due to Rickettsia, tsutsugamushi

Parent code

  • A75Typhus feverHeader

Related codes

  • A75.0Epidemic louse-borne typhus fever due to Rickettsia prowazekiiBillable
  • A75.1Recrudescent typhus [Brill's disease]Billable
  • A75.2Typhus fever due to Rickettsia typhiBillable
  • A75.9Typhus fever, unspecifiedBillable

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