Plasmodium falciparum malaria, unspecified

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Plasmodium falciparum malaria, unspecified

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from B50 Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Includes

mixed infections of Plasmodium falciparum with any other Plasmodium species

Inherited from the B50-B64 section Protozoal diseases (B50-B64)

Excludes1 - never coded here

amebiasis (A06.-)
other protozoal intestinal diseases (A07.-)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Ague
Myelitis
Paludism
Dumb ague
Phrenitis
Cephalitis
Cerebritis
Congestive
Marsh fever
Cerebellitis
Neuromyalgia
Splenectasis
Typhomalaria
Fever > brain
Fever > marsh
Megalosplenia
Ventriculitis
Anemia > marsh
Cameroon fever
Corsican fever
Fever > jungle
Febris, febrile
Fever > paludal
Fever > tertian
Mesencephalitis
Parencephalitis
Syringomyelitis
Anemia > paludal
Cachexia > marsh
Fever > Cameroon
Fever > cerebral
Fever > Corsican
Musculoneuralgia
Pain > nerve NEC
Perineuritis NEC
Radiculomyelitis
Anemia > malarial
Encephalomyelitis
Fever > miasmatic
Fever > remittent

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Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
B50.0	Plasmodium falciparum malaria with cerebral complications	Valid
B50.8	Other severe and complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria	Valid