Diagnosis Code

B53 OTHER SPECIFIED MALARIA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: B53

Short Description: Other specified malaria

Long Description: Other specified malaria

The code B53 is NOT VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
    • Protozoal diseases (B50-B64)
      • Other specified malaria (B53)
        • B53 Other specified malaria

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
B53.0 Plasmodium ovale malaria
B53.1 Malaria due to simian plasmodia
B53.8 Other malaria, not elsewhere classified


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