2008 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Infectious And Parasitic Diseases 001-139 > Rickettsioses And Other Arthropod-Borne Diseases 080-088 >
  Other typhus- 081 is a non-specific code that cannot be used to specify a diagnosis
  Murine (endemic) typhus- An infectious disease clinically similar to epidemic louse-borne typhus (TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE), but caused by RICKETTSIA TYPHI, which is transmitted from rat to man by the rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis.
- 081.0 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 081.0 contains 18 index entries
  Brill's disease- 081.1 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 081.1 contains 10 index entries
  Scrub typhus- An acute infectious disease caused by ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI. It is limited to eastern and southeastern Asia, India, northern Australia, and the adjacent islands. Characteristics include the formation of a primary cutaneous lesion at the site of the bite of an infected mite, fever lasting about two weeks, and a maculopapular rash.
- 081.2 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 081.2 contains 17 index entries
  Typhus unspecified- 081.9 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 081.9 contains 10 index entries
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