A75.9

Typhus fever, unspecified

Billable / specific

A75.9 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

  • Typhus (fever) NOS

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

  • Typhus (fever) NOS
  • Canton fever
  • Fever, Canton
  • Infection, infected, infective, typhus
  • Myocarditis, in typhus NEC
  • Petechial typhus
  • Tabardillo
  • Typhus
  • Typhus, brain
  • Typhus, cerebral
  • Typhus, petechial

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
  • A75.3Typhus fever due to Rickettsia tsutsugamushiBillable

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