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B50.9 - Plasmodium falciparum malaria, unspecified


The ICD 10 Code for Plasmodium falciparum malaria, unspecified is listed as B50.9.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: B50.9
Description: Plasmodium falciparum malaria, unspecified
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
867 - Other Infectious & Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses W Mcc
868 - Other Infectious & Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses W Cc
869 - Other Infectious & Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses W/o Cc/mcc
Chapter Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
Block Protozoal diseases (B50-B64)
Parent B50 - Plasmodium falciparum malaria
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 084.0 - Falciparum malaria [malignant tertian] (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of B50.9:
B50.0 - Plasmodium falciparum malaria with cerebral complications
B50.8 - Other severe and complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria