ICD-9 code 065 for Arthropod-borne hemorrhagic fever is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -ARTHROPOD-BORNE VIRAL DISEASES (060-066).
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[b]Ebola[/b]
Ebola is actually kind of listed in ICD-9.
Look under Fever, hemorrhagic, Ebola
065.8- Other specified arthropod-borne hemorrhagic fever
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