2008 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Infectious And Parasitic Diseases 001-139 > Rickettsioses And Other Arthropod-Borne Diseases 080-088 > Relapsing Fever 087.* >  2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 087.9
Relapsing fever unspecified- An acute infection characterized by recurrent episodes of PYREXIA alternating with asymptomatic intervals of apparent recovery. This condition is caused by SPIROCHETES of the genus BORRELIA. It is transmitted by the BITES of either the body louse (PEDICULUS humanus corporis), for which humans are the reservoir, or by soft ticks of the genus ORNITHODOROS, for which rodents and other animals are the principal reservoirs.
- 087.9 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 087.9 contains 10 index entries
- View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 087.* hierarchy
Index entries containing 087.9:- Febris (see also Fever) 780.6
- recurrens (see also Fever, relapsing)
 087.9- pediculo vestimenti 087.0
Fever 780.6- relapsing 087.9
- Carter's (Asiatic) 087.0
- Dutton's (West African) 087.1
- Koch's 087.9
- louse-borne (epidemic) 087.0
- Novy's (American) 087.1
- Obermeyer's (European) 087.0
- spirillum NEC 087.9
- tick-borne (endemic) 087.1
Koch's- relapsing fever 087.9
Relapsing fever 087.9- Carter's (Asiatic) 087.0
- Dutton's (West African) 087.1
- Koch's 087.9
- louse-borne (epidemic) 087.0
- Novy's (American) 087.1
- Obermeyer's (European) 087.0
- Spirillum 087.9
- tick-borne (endemic) 087.1
Spirillosis NEC (see also Fever, relapsing) 087.9
Typhus (fever) 081.9- recurrent (see also Fever, relapsing) 087.9
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