ICD-10-CM Code A68
Relapsing fevers
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code A68 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of A68 that describes the diagnosis 'relapsing fevers' in more detail.
- A68 Relapsing fevers NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE A68.0 Louse-borne relapsing fever
- BILLABLE A68.1 Tick-borne relapsing fever
- BILLABLE A68.9 Relapsing fever, unspecified
Coding Notes for A68 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Includes Notes:
Includes
Includes notes further define, or give examples of, conditions included in the section. - Recurrent fever
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Code Type-2 Excludes:
Type-2 Excludes
Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here." - Lyme disease - instead, use code A69.2-
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'A68 - Relapsing fevers'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code A68. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.