084.8 BLACKWATER FEVER


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 084.8

Short Description: Blackwater fever

Long Description: Blackwater fever

Code Classification:

  • Infectious and parasitic diseases (001–139)
    • Rickettsioses and other arthropod-borne diseases (080-088)
      • 084 Malaria
        • 084.8 Blackwater fever

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 084.8 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Bilious (attack) - see also Vomiting
    • fever, hemoglobinuric 084.8
  • Blackwater fever 084.8
  • Fever 780.60
    • bilious, hemoglobinuric 084.8
    • blackwater 084.8
    • hematuric, bilious 084.8
    • hemoglobinuric (malarial) 084.8
      • bilious 084.8
    • West
      • African 084.8
  • Hematinuria (see also Hemoglobinuria) 791.2
    • malarial 084.8
  • Hematuria (benign) (essential) (idiopathic) 599.70
    • malarial 084.8
  • Hematuric bilious fever 084.8
  • Hemoglobinuria, hemoglobinuric 791.2
    • fever (malaria) 084.8
    • malarial 084.8
  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (nontraumatic) 459.0
    • malaria 084.8
  • Malaria, malarial (fever) 084.6
    • any type, with
      • blackwater fever 084.8
      • fever
        • blackwater 084.8
        • hemoglobinuric (bilious) 084.8
      • hemoglobinuria, malarial 084.8
    • hematinuria 084.8
    • hematuria 084.8
    • hemoglobinuria 084.8
  • West African fever 084.8

Crosswalk Information

The code 084.8 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
084.8 Right Arrow B50.8 Other severe and complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria
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
084.0 Falciparum malaria [malignant tertian]
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
084.9 Other pernicious complications of malaria


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