A98.5

Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome

A disorder caused by hantaviruses of the family bunyaviridae. It is transmitted by rodents and is manifested with fever, hemorrhage, and renal failure. Other symptoms include headaches, abdominal and back pain, and blurred vision.

An acute febrile disease occurring predominately in asia. It is characterized by fever, prostration, vomiting, hemorrhagic phenonema, shock, and renal failure. It is caused by any one of several closely related species of the genus hantavirus. The most severe form is caused by hantaan virus whose natural host is the rodent apodemus agrarius. Milder forms are caused by seoul virus and transmitted by the rodents rattus rattus and r. Norvegicus, and the puumala virus with transmission by clethrionomys galreolus.

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome hps) is a rare but deadly viral infection. It is spread by mice and rats. They shed the virus in their urine, droppings and saliva. Tiny droplets with the virus can enter the air. People can get the disease if they breathe infected air or come into contact with rodents or their urine or droppings. You cannot catch it from people.early symptoms of hps include

Infections with viruses of the genus hantavirus. This is associated with at least four clinical syndromes: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome caused by viruses of the hantaan group; a milder form of hfrs caused by seoul virus; nephropathia epidemica caused by puumala virus; and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome caused by sin nombre virus.

Mild form of hfrs rarely hemorrhagic and seldom fatal. Caused by the puumala virus.

A98.5 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A98.5 – other international versions of ICD-10 A98.5 may differ.