Typhus fever
International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2024-01
A disease caused by an infection with the gram-negative bacteria Rickettsia. This disease is characterised by fever, delirium, back pain, or arthralgia. Transmission is commonly through the bite of an infected flea, louse, mite, or tick.
exclusions
sections/codes in this section (1C30-1C30)
- Epidemic louse-borne typhus fever due to Rickettsia prowazekii (1C30.0)
- Recrudescent typhus (1C30.1)
- Typhus fever due to Rickettsia typhi (1C30.2)
- Typhus fever due to Orientia tsutsugamushi (1C30.3)
- Other specified typhus fever (1C30.Y)
- Typhus fever, unspecified (1C30.Z)
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