ICD-10-CM · Chapter 1 · A00–B99
A75.0
Epidemic louse-borne typhus fever due to Rickettsia prowazekii
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Quick facts
- Code
- A75.0
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 1 — Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
- Category
- A75 — Typhus fever
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM A75.0 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of epidemic louse-borne typhus fever due to rickettsia prowazekii. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
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