AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1993 Fourth Quarter; New/Revised Codes

Babesiosis

Effective October 1, 1993 a specific code for Babesiosis has been created (code 088.82, Other specified arthropod-borne diseases, Babesiosis). Babesiosis is a group of tickborne diseases due to infection with protozoa of the genus Babesia. It occurs primarily in wild and domestic animals such as cattle, horses, sheep, dogs, and cats. Babesiosis is a zoonotic disease in which man is infected incidentally. Human infection, though rare, causes a malaria-like fever, chills, myalgia, hemolytic anemia, and splenomegaly. In patients who have had splenectomies the mortality rate is high. In patients with intact spleens the illness is milder, generally resolving...

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