A75.2

Applicable To

• Murine flea-borne) typhus

Approximate Synonyms

• Murine typhus

• Typhus, murine

Clinical Information

• A bacterial infection caused by rickettsia typhi or rickettsia felis. It is transmitted to humans from infected rat fleas. Symptoms include fever, headache, joint and muscle pain, and weakness.

• An infectious disease clinically similar to epidemic louse-borne typhus typhus, epidemic louse-borne), but caused by rickettsia typhi, which is transmitted from rat to man by the rat flea, xenopsylla cheopis.

Details

• A75.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM A75.2 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A75.2 – other international versions of ICD-10 A75.2 may differ.