A79.0

Trench fever

Billable / specific

A79.0 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

  • Quintan fever
  • Wolhynian fever

Includes (from A79)

  • 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 A79)
  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from A79)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from A79)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from A79)
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from A79)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-) (from A79)

Also known as

  • Quintan fever
  • Wolhynian fever
  • Disease, diseased, His
  • Disease, diseased, Werner-His
  • Fever, five day
  • Fever, Meuse
  • Fever, quintan
  • Fever, shin-bone
  • Fever, trench
  • Fever, Volhynian
  • Fever, Wolhynian
  • His-Werner disease
  • Infection, infected, infective, trench fever
  • Trench, fever
  • Volhynian fever
  • Werner-His disease

Parent code

  • A79Other rickettsiosesHeader

Related codes

  • A79.1Rickettsialpox due to Rickettsia akariBillable
  • A79.8Other specified rickettsiosesHeader
  • A79.9Rickettsiosis, unspecifiedBillable

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