Under ICD-9, the current version, Ebola shares a code with "multiple viral diseases." I looked into this, and Ebola is coded as "065.8 Other specified arthropo

Under ICD-9, the current version, Ebola shares a code with "multiple viral diseases." I looked into this, and Ebola is coded as "065.8 Other specified arthropod-borne hemorrhagic fever". The strange thing is that arthropod-borne means spread by insects, etc. It's puzzling to classify Ebola this way when it's not thought to be spread by insects. Disclaimer: I don't know anything about ICD except that ICD-10 is the famous flaming waterskis version.