A75.3Typhus fever due to Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
Code usage status
Primary diagnosis
May be used as the primary diagnosis
Apply only when it matches the confirmed diagnosis and the documented clinical record.
Specificity
Complete code in the classification
Use when the diagnosis matches and no exclusion applies.
- Group A75-A79
- Rickettsioses
- Official Vietnamese name
- Bệnh sốt phát ban do nhiễm Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Scrub (mite-borne) typhus Tsutsugamushi fever
Related A75 codes
A75
Typhus fever
A75.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Epidemic louse- borne typhus fever due to Rickettsia prowazekii
A75.1
Primary diagnosis candidate
Recrudescent typhus [Brill disease]
A75.2
Primary diagnosis candidate
Typhus fever due to Rickettsia typhi
A75.9
Primary diagnosis candidate
Typhus fever, unspecified
Clinical record checklist
View coding guide →- Confirm that the code matches the final documented diagnosis.
- Use one primary-diagnosis code and record only relevant additional conditions.
- Review Ministry indicators, inclusions, exclusions and notes.
- Do not infer a diagnosis beyond the clinical record.
2026 regulatory basis
Indicators are taken from columns 24–29 of the classification accompanying Circular 06/2026/TT-BYT, cross-referenced with Decision 1849/QĐ-BYT and Official Dispatch 4059/BYT-BH.
