2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A68.9

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Relapsing fever, unspecified

  • A68.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM A68.9 became effective on October 1, 2023.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A68.9 – other international versions of ICD-10 A68.9 may differ.

The following code(s) above A68.9 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to A68.9:

  • A00-B99  Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
  • A65-A69  Other spirochetal diseases
  • A68  Relapsing fevers

Approximate Synonyms

  • Relapsing fever

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.

ICD-10-CM A68.9 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v41.0):

  • 867 Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses with mcc
  • 868 Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses with cc
  • 869 Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses without cc/mcc

Convert A68.9 to ICD-9-CMCode 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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to A68.9: