Spotted fever due to Rickettsia rickettsii
Billable / specific
A77.0 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
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Sao Paulo fever
Includes (from A77)
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from A77)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from A77)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from A77)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from A77)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from A77)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Sao Paulo fever
- Fever, American, spotted
- Fever, Bullis
- Fever, Lone Star
- Fever, mountain, meaning Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Fever, Rocky Mountain spotted
- Fever, Sao Paulo
- Fever, spotted, American
- Fever, spotted, Brazilian
- Fever, spotted, Colombian
- Fever, spotted, due to Rickettsia, rickettsii
- Fever, spotted, Rocky Mountain
- Lone Star fever
- Rocky Mountainfever
- Sao Paulo fever or typhus
- Typhus, Sao Paulo
Parent code
- A77Spotted fever [tick-borne rickettsioses]Header