B50.9 PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA, UNSPECIFIED

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Code Information

Diagnosis Code: B50.9

Short Description: Plasmodium falciparum malaria, unspecified

Long Description: Plasmodium falciparum malaria, unspecified

The code B50.9 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
- Protozoal diseases (B50-B64)
  - Plasmodium falciparum malaria (B50)
    - B50.9 Plasmodium falciparum malaria, unspecified

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM

Synonyms

Algid malaria
Chagres virus disease
Double quotidien fever
Falciparum malaria
Intermittent fever
Intermittent fever
Intermittent fever
Malarial fever
Malarial fever
Malarial fever
Malignant tertian fever
Quotidien fever
Tertian fever

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code B50.9 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)

Other Infectious And Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses With Mcc (867)
Other Infectious And Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses With Cc (868)
Other Infectious And Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses Without Cc/mcc (869)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code		ICD-9 Code	ICD-9 Description
B50.9		084.0	Falciparum malaria

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
B50	Plasmodium falciparum malaria
B50.0	Plasmodium falciparum malaria with cerebral complications
B50.8	Other severe and complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023

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