Emergency: 119
AMDA-IMIC

A75 Typhus fever

Category / Non-billable header 5 subcodes

Block: Rickettsioses (A75-A79)

Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)

  • rickettsiosis due to Ehrlichia sennetsu (A79.81)

Subcodes

Each subcode links to a detail page with full clinical annotations.

Code Description Billable
A75..0 Epidemic louse-borne typhus fever due to Rickettsia prowazekii Yes
A75..1 Recrudescent typhus [Brill's disease] Yes
A75..2 Typhus fever due to Rickettsia typhi Yes
A75..3 Typhus fever due to Rickettsia tsutsugamushi Yes
A75..9 Typhus fever, unspecified Yes

Last reviewed: September 2026