081.9 TYPHUS NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 081.9

Short Description: Typhus NOS

Long Description: Typhus, unspecified

Code Classification:

  • Infectious and parasitic diseases (001–139)
    • Rickettsioses and other arthropod-borne diseases (080-088)
      • 081 Other typhus
        • 081.9 Typhus NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 081.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Canton fever 081.9
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Hildenbrand's (typhus) 081.9
  • Encephalitis (bacterial) (chronic) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (nonepidemic) (spurious) (subacute) 323.9
    • due to
      • typhus (fever) (see also Typhus) 081.9 [323.1]
  • Fever 780.60
    • Canton 081.9
  • Hildenbrand's disease (typhus) 081.9
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
    • typhus 081.9
      • flea-borne (endemic) 081.0
      • louse-borne (epidemic) 080
      • mite-borne 081.2
      • recrudescent 081.1
      • tick-borne 082.9
        • African 082.1
        • North Asian 082.2
  • Myocarditis (fibroid) (interstitial) (old) (progressive) (senile) (with arteriosclerosis) 429.0
    • due to or in
      • typhus NEC 081.9 [422.0]
  • Petechial
    • typhus 081.9
  • Typhus (fever) 081.9
    • abdominal, abdominalis 002.0
    • African tick 082.1
    • amarillic (see also Fever, Yellow) 060.9
    • brain 081.9
    • cerebral 081.9
    • classical 080
    • endemic (flea-borne) 081.0
    • epidemic (louse-borne) 080
    • exanthematic NEC 080
    • exanthematicus SAI 080
      • brillii SAI 081.1
      • Mexicanus SAI 081.0
      • pediculo vestimenti causa 080
      • typhus murinus 081.0
    • flea-borne 081.0
    • Indian tick 082.1
    • Kenya tick 082.1
    • louse-borne 080
    • Mexican 081.0
      • flea-borne 081.0
      • louse-borne 080
      • tabardillo 080
    • mite-borne 081.2
    • murine 081.0
    • North Asian tick-borne 082.2
    • petechial 081.9
    • Queensland tick 082.3
    • rat 081.0
    • recrudescent 081.1
    • recurrent (see also Fever, relapsing) 087.9
    • S�o Paulo 082.0
    • scrub (China) (India) (Malaya) (New Guinea) 081.2
    • shop (of Malaya) 081.0
    • Siberian tick 082.2
    • tick-borne NEC 082.9
    • tropical 081.2
    • vaccination, prophylactic (against) V05.8

Crosswalk Information

The code 081.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
081.9 Right Arrow A75.9 Typhus fever, unspecified
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
081.0 Murine (endemic) typhus
081.1 Brill's disease
081.2 Scrub typhus


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