088.81 LYME DISEASE


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 088.81

Short Description: Lyme disease

Long Description: Lyme Disease

Code Classification:

  • Infectious and parasitic diseases (001–139)
    • Rickettsioses and other arthropod-borne diseases (080-088)
      • 088 Other arthropod-borne diseases
        • 088.81 Lyme disease

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 088.81 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (subacute) 716.9
    • due to or associated with
      • Lyme disease 088.81 [711.8]
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Lyme 088.81
  • Erythema, erythematous (generalized) 695.9
    • chronicum migrans 088.81
    • migrans 529.1
      • chronicum 088.81
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
    • Borrelia
      • bergdorfi 088.81
  • Lyme disease 088.81
  • Meningitis (basal) (basic) (basilar) (brain) (cerebral) (cervical) (congestive) (diffuse) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (membranous) (metastatic) (nonspecific) (pontine) (progressive) (simple) (spinal) (subacute) (sympathetica) (toxic) 322.9
    • due to
      • Lyme disease 088.81 [320.7]
  • Meningoencephalitis (see also Encephalitis) 323.9
    • due to
      • Lyme disease 088.81 [320.7]
  • Myocarditis (fibroid) (interstitial) (old) (progressive) (senile) (with arteriosclerosis) 429.0
    • due to or in
      • Lyme disease 088.81 [422.0]

Crosswalk Information

The code 088.81 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
088.81 Right Arrow A69.20 Lyme disease, 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
088.0 Bartonellosis
088.82 Babesiosis
088.89 Other specified arthropod-borne diseases, other
088.9 Arthropod-borne disease, unspecified


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