A75.0
Epidemic louse-borne typhus fever due to Rickettsia prowazekii
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 6 never code together
A00-B99chapter
Excludes1
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
Excludes2
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)Z22.-
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)O98.-
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)P35-P39
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)J00-J22
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 4
Index entries leading here 5
- Typhus (fever) A75.9
- Myocarditis (with arteriosclerosis)(chronic)(fibroid) (interstitial) (old) (progressive) (senile) I51.4
- in (due to)
- epidemic louse-borne typhus A75.0
- in (due to)
- Fever (inanition) (of unknown origin) (persistent) (with chills) (with rigor) R50.9
- famine A75.0
- Hildenbrand's disease A75.0
- Tabardillo A75.9
- louse-borne A75.0
Alongside this code 4 same parent — A75
Medications 1
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
Additional references
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