A68.0 Louse-borne relapsing fever

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applicable to

• Relapsing fever due to Borrelia recurrentis

Applies from A68 Relapsing fevers

Includes

• recurrent fever

Excludes2 (not included here)

• Lyme disease (A69.2-)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 867-869 in MDC 18.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 087.0 Relapsing fever, louse-borne

Diagnosis Index entries for A68.0

• Carapata (disease)
• Disease, diseased › Carapata
• Fever (inanition) (of unknown origin) (persistent) (with chills) (with rigor) › relapsing (Borrelia) › louse-borne
• Fever (inanition) (of unknown origin) (persistent) (with chills) (with rigor) › relapsing (Borrelia) › Novy's › louse-borne
• Fever (inanition) (of unknown origin) (persistent) (with chills) (with rigor) › relapsing (Borrelia) › Obermeyer's (European)
• Novy's relapsing fever › louse-borne
• Obermeyer's relapsing fever (European)
• Relapsing fever › louse-borne (epidemic)
• Relapsing fever › Obermeyer's (European)
• Spirillum › obermeieri infection

Nearby codes

• A68 Relapsing fevers
• A68.0 Louse-borne relapsing fever (this code)
• A68.1 Tick-borne relapsing fever
• A68.9 Relapsing fever, unspecified