Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 088.81
Lyme Disease
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 088.81 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 088.81 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 088.81 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM A69.20 Lyme disease, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
  • Acute lyme disease
  • Arthritis due to Lyme disease
  • Cranial neuritis due to lyme disease
  • Erythema chronica migrans
  • Erythema chronicum migrans
  • Erythema chronicum migrans (skin condition)
  • Lyme arthritis
  • Lyme cranial neuritis
  • Lyme disease
  • Lyme meningoencephalitis
  • Lyme myopericarditis
  • Lyme polyneuropathy
  • Meningitis due to lyme disease
  • Meningitis in Lyme disease
  • Meningoencephalitis due to lyme disease
  • Myopericarditis due to lyme disease
  • Polyneuropathy due to lyme disease
Clinical Information
  • 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
Applies To
  • Erythema chronicum migrans
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 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
      • vincentii (mouth) (pharynx) (tonsil) 101
  • Lyme disease 088.81
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