Relapsing fever
Alphabetical Index
Use the alphabetical index for the main term relapsing fever to review the available sub terms and properly select the ICD-10 code with the highest degree of specificity. Instructional notations will guide the coder with information such as "see", "see also", "with", "without", "due to", and "code by site".
- Relapsing fever - A68.9 Relapsing fever, unspecified
- Carter's (Asiatic) - A68.1 Tick-borne relapsing fever
- Dutton's (West African) - A68.1 Tick-borne relapsing fever
- Koch's - A68.9 Relapsing fever, unspecified
- louse-borne (epidemic) - A68.0 Louse-borne relapsing fever
- Novy's (American) - A68.1 Tick-borne relapsing fever
- Obermeyers's (European) - A68.0 Louse-borne relapsing fever
- Spirillum - A68.9 Relapsing fever, unspecified
- tick-borne (endemic) - A68.1 Tick-borne relapsing fever
Clinical Terms
The following are some of the clinical term definitions related or applicable to relapsing fever within the ICD-10 index for Diseases and Injuries.
Relapsing Fever: An acute infection characterized by recurrent episodes of PYREXIA alternating with asymptomatic intervals of apparent recovery. This condition is caused by SPIROCHETES of the genus BORRELIA. It is transmitted by the BITES of either the body louse (PEDICULUS humanus corporis), for which humans are the reservoir, or by soft ticks of the genus ORNITHODOROS, for which rodents and other animals are the principal reservoirs.
Spirillum: A genus of gram-negative, curved and spiral-shaped bacteria found in stagnant, freshwater environments. These organisms are motile by bipolar tufts of flagella having a long wavelength and about one helical turn. Some species of Spirillum cause a form of RAT-BITE FEVER.