087.9 RELAPSING FEVER NOS

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Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 087.9

Short Description: Relapsing fever NOS

Long Description: Relapsing fever, unspecified

Code Classification:

Infectious and parasitic diseases (001–139)
- Rickettsioses and other arthropod-borne diseases (080-088)
  - 087 Relapsing fever
    - 087.9 Relapsing fever NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 087.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Febris (see also Fever) 780.60
- recurrens (see also Fever, relapsing) 087.9
  - pediculo vestimenti 087.0

Fever 780.60
- relapsing 087.9
  - Carter's (Asiatic) 087.0
  - Dutton's (West African) 087.1
  - Koch's 087.9
  - louse-borne (epidemic) 087.0
  - Novy's (American) 087.1
  - Obermeyer's (European) 087.0
  - spirillum NEC 087.9
  - tick-borne (endemic) 087.1

Koch's
- relapsing fever 087.9

Relapsing fever 087.9
- Carter's (Asiatic) 087.0
- Dutton's (West African) 087.1
- Koch's 087.9
- louse-borne (epidemic) 087.0
- Novy's (American) 087.1
- Obermeyer's (European) 087.0
- Spirillum 087.9
- tick-borne (endemic) 087.1

Spirillosis NEC (see also Fever, relapsing) 087.9

Typhus (fever) 081.9
- recurrent (see also Fever, relapsing) 087.9

Crosswalk Information

The code 087.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code		ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
087.9		A68.9	Relapsing 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
087.0	Relapsing fever, louse-borne
087.1	Relapsing fever, tick-borne

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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