A75Typhus fever
Code usage status
Primary diagnosis
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Specificity
Do not use A75 directly
Use the most specific code supported by the record.
- Group A75-A79
- Rickettsioses
- Official Vietnamese name
- Bệnh sốt phát ban
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Excl.: rickettsiosis due to Neorickettsia sennetsu [Ehrlichia sennetsu] (A79.8)
Related A75 codes
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
A75.3
Primary diagnosis candidate
Typhus fever due to Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
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.