A75.3 Typhus fever due to Rickettsia tsutsugamushi

Instructional Notes:

A75.3
Description: Typhus fever due to Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
Inclusion Term:
- Scrub (mite-borne) typhus
- Tsutsugamushi fever
- Typhus fever due to Orientia Tsutsugamushi (scrub typhus)
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A75
Description: Typhus fever
Exclude1:
- rickettsiosis due to Ehrlichia sennetsu (A79.81)
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A75-A79
Description: Rickettsioses (A75-A79)
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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