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Other viral diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

Maternal infectious and parasitic diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

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GuidelinesTick Bite FeverDescription Medicine Treatment ICD-10 code: A77.0-3/A77.8-9/A93.8 DESCRIPTION Tick-borne infection due to R. conorii , acquired from dogs, or R. africae , acquired from cattle and game. The hallmark of tick bite fever is the eschar, a round black lesion ± 5 mm in diameter with an inflammatory halo that occurs in about two thirds of patients with R. conorii and in most cases of R. afri