A68.1

A68.1: Tick-borne relapsing fever

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A68.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for tick-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 any Borrelia species other than Borrelia recurrentis

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above A68.1

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

Written on A68: Relapsing fevers

Lyme disease (A69.2-)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Carter's relapsing fever(Asiatic)
Dutton's relapsing fever(West African)
African›tick fever
Fever›African tick-borne
Fever›mianeh
Fever›South African tick-bite
Novy's relapsing fever›tick-borne
Relapsing fever›Carter's(Asiatic)
Relapsing fever›Dutton's(West African)
Relapsing fever›Novy's(American)
Relapsing fever›tick-borne(endemic)
Fever›relapsing›Carter's(Asiatic)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under A68