A68.1 Tick-borne relapsing fever
Instructional Notes:
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A68.1
Description: Tick-borne relapsing fever
Inclusion Term:
- Relapsing fever due to any Borrelia species other than Borrelia recurrentis
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A68
Description: Relapsing fevers
Exclude2:
Include:
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A65-A69
Description: Other spirochetal diseases (A65-A69)
Exclude2:
- leptospirosis (A27.-)
- syphilis (A50-A53)
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A00-B99
Description: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Exclude1:
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
Exclude2:
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)
Use Additional Code:
- code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
Include:
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible