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Diagnosis Code

B53.8 OTHER MALARIA, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: B53.8

Short Description: Other malaria, not elsewhere classified

Long Description: Other malaria, not elsewhere classified

The code B53.8 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
    • Protozoal diseases (B50-B64)
      • Other specified malaria (B53)
        • B53.8 Other malaria, not elsewhere classified

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Malaria caused by Plasmodium not Plasmodium falciparum

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code B53.8 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
B53.8 Right Arrow 084.4 Malaria NEC

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
B53 Other specified malaria
B53.0 Plasmodium ovale malaria
B53.1 Malaria due to simian plasmodia

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

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