2008 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Infectious And Parasitic Diseases 001-139 > Rickettsioses And Other Arthropod-Borne Diseases 080-088 > Other Arthropod-Borne Diseases 088.* >  2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 088.81
Lyme disease- A deep type of gyrate erythema that follows a bite by an ixodid tick; it is a stage-1 manifestation of LYME DISEASE. The site of the bite is characterized by a red papule that expands peripherally as a nonscaling, palpable band that clears centrally. This condition is often associated with systemic symptoms such as chills, fever, headache, malaise, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, backache, and stiff neck.
- An infectious disease caused by a spirochete, BORRELIA BURGDORFERI, which is transmitted chiefly by Ixodes dammini (see IXODES) and pacificus ticks in the United States and Ixodes ricinis (see IXODES) in Europe. It is a disease with early and late cutaneous manifestations plus involvement of the nervous system, heart, eye, and joints in variable combinations. The disease was formerly known as Lyme arthritis and first discovered at Old Lyme, Connecticut.
- 088.81 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 088.81 contains 5 index entries
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088.81 also known as:- Erythema chronicum migrans
Index entries containing 088.81:- Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
- Lyme
 088.81
Erythema, erythematous (generalized) 695.9- chronicum migrans 088.81
- migrans 529.1
- chronicum 088.81
Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9- Borrelia
- bergdorfi 088.81
Lyme disease 088.81
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