ICD-10-CM › A00-B99 › A75-A79 › A79 Other rickettsioses › A79.9
A79.9
Rickettsiosis, unspecified
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Rickettsiosis, unspecified
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Myelitis
- Phrenitis
- Cephalitis
- Cerebritis
- Cerebellitis
- Fever > brain
- Ventriculitis
- Mesencephalitis
- Parencephalitis
- Syringomyelitis
- Fever > cerebral
- Radiculomyelitis
- Encephalomyelitis
- Myeloencephalitis
- Meningoencephalitis
- Myelopathy > in > infection
- Encephalitis > due to > rickettsiosis
- Infection, infected, infective > brain
- Disease, diseased > brain > inflammatory
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > brain
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > cerebral
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > spinal > cord
- Rickettsiosis
- Rickettsial disease
- Disease, diseased > rickettsial NOS
- Infection, infected, infective > rickettsial NOS
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A79.0 | Trench fever | Valid |
| A79.1 | Rickettsialpox due to Rickettsia akari | Valid |
| A79.8 | Other specified rickettsioses | Not billable |