084.0 FALCIPARUM MALARIA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 084.0

Short Description: Falciparum malaria

Long Description: Falciparum malaria [malignant tertian]

Code Classification:

  • Infectious and parasitic diseases (001–139)
    • Rickettsioses and other arthropod-borne diseases (080-088)
      • 084 Malaria
        • 084.0 Falciparum malaria

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 084.0 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Chagres fever 084.0
  • Estivo-autumnal
    • fever 084.0
    • malaria 084.0
  • Fever 780.60
    • Chagres 084.0
    • continued 780.60
      • malarial 084.0
    • estivo-autumnal (malarial) 084.0
    • intermittent (bilious) (see also Malaria) 084.6
      • pernicious 084.0
    • Panama 084.0
    • pernicious, acute 084.0
    • quotidian 084.0
    • subtertian 084.0
  • Malaria, malarial (fever) 084.6
    • continued 084.0
    • estivo-autumnal 084.0
    • falciparum (malignant tertian) 084.0
    • malignant (tertian) 084.0
    • pernicious, acute 084.0
    • Plasmodium, P.
      • falciparum 084.0
    • quotidian 084.0
    • subtertian 084.0
    • tertian (benign) 084.1
      • malignant 084.0
    • tropical 084.0
  • Occlusion
    • cervical canal (see also Stricture, cervix) 622.4
      • by falciparum malaria 084.0
  • Panama fever 084.0
  • Quotidian
    • fever 084.0
      • malaria (fever) 084.0
  • Subtertian
    • fever 084.0
    • malaria (fever) 084.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 084.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
084.0 Right Arrow B50.8 Other severe and complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria
B50.9 Plasmodium falciparum malaria, unspecified
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 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-9 Code ICD-9 Description
084.1 Vivax malaria [benign tertian]
084.2 Quartan malaria
084.3 Ovale malaria
084.4 Other malaria
084.5 Mixed malaria
084.6 Malaria, unspecified
084.7 Induced malaria
084.8 Blackwater fever
084.9 Other pernicious complications of malaria


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