2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A68

by

Relapsing fevers

  • A68 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
  • The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM A68 became effective on October 1, 2023.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A68 – other international versions of ICD-10 A68 may differ.

Type 2 Excludes

Includes

  • recurrent fever

The following code(s) above A68 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to A68:

  • A00-B99  Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
  • A65-A69  Other spirochetal diseases

Clinical Information

  • 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.

Code History

  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
  • 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change