A68.1
Tick-borne relapsing fever
This code does not map to a risk-adjusting HCC in the loaded models.
Coding notes
Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist
Relapsing fever due to any Borrelia species other than Borrelia recurrentis
recurrent fever
Lyme disease (A69.2-)
diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)
code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
Official Guidelines for A68.1
FY 2026 ›Subsections
- I.C.1.aHuman Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infections
- I.C.1.bInfectious agents as the cause of diseases classified to other chapters
- I.C.1.cInfections resistant to antibiotics
- I.C.1.dSepsis, Severe Sepsis, and Septic Shock Infections resistant to antibiotics
- I.C.1.eMethicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Conditions
- I.C.1.fZika virus infections
- I.C.1.gCoronavirus infections
Find A68.1 in the alphabetic index
15 index paths lead to this code
- Carter's relapsing fever
- Dutton's relapsing fever
- African › tick fever
- Fever › African tick-borne
- Fever › mianeh
- Fever › South African tick-bite
- Novy's relapsing fever › tick-borne
- Relapsing fever › Carter's
- Relapsing fever › Dutton's
- Relapsing fever › Novy's
- Relapsing fever › tick-borne
- Fever › relapsing › Carter's
- Fever › relapsing › Dutton's
- Fever › relapsing › tick-borne
- Fever › relapsing › Novy's › tick-borne