2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 088.81
Lyme Disease
- 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.
- ICD-9-CM 088.81 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
088.81 Alternative Terminology
Applies To
Convert 088.81 to ICD-10-CM 
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 088.81:
Lyme 
chronicum migrans 
