ICD-10 diagnosis code

A75 Typhus fever

A75 is the ICD-10 code for Typhus fever. It is a three-character category divided into 5 subcodes; use the subcode whenever the record supports that level of detail. It belongs to the block A75–A79 (Rickettsioses) in Chapter I, Certain infectious and parasitic diseases.

Code type: Category (3 characters)
Chapter: I · A00–B99
Classification: WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What A75 excludes

Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.

rickettsiosis due to Neorickettsia sennetsu [Ehrlichia sennetsu] A79.8

Subcodes of A75

A75 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

A75Fläcktyfus överförd av löss, loppor och kvalster

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DA75Rickettsioser overført af lus, lopper og mider

FinlandICD-10-FI

A75Pilkkukuume

GermanyICD-10-GM

A75Fleckfieber

FranceICD-10-FR

A75Typhus

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

A75vlektyfus

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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