recurrent multisystemic infectious disease caused by a spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted chiefly by Ixodes ticks; it is a disease with early and late cutaneous manifestations plus involvement of the nervous system, heart, eye, and joints in variable combinations.
Also applicable to/known as
Erythema chronicum migrans
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index Entries That Refer To 088.81