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A68.0

A68.0: Louse-borne relapsing fever

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A68.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for louse-borne relapsing fever. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Relapsing fever due to Borrelia recurrentis

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above A68.0

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on A68: Relapsing fevers

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Carapata(disease)
  • Obermeyer's relapsing fever(European)
  • Disease, diseased›Carapata
  • Novy's relapsing fever›louse-borne
  • Relapsing fever›louse-borne(epidemic)
  • Relapsing fever›Obermeyer's(European)
  • Spirillum›obermeieri infection
  • Fever›relapsing›louse-borne
  • Fever›relapsing›Obermeyer's(European)
  • Fever›relapsing›Novy's›louse-borne

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under A68

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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