Other severe and complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Billable / specific
B50.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Severe or complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria NOS
Includes (from B50)
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
- mixed infections of Plasmodium falciparum with any other Plasmodium species
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from B50)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from B50)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from B50)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from B50)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from B50)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Severe or complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria NOS
- Fever, bilious, hemoglobinuric
- Fever, blackwater
- Fever, hematuric, bilious
- Fever, hemoglobinuric
- Fever, West, African
- Hematinuria, malarial
- Hematuria, malarial
- Hemoglobinuria, malarial
- Malaria, malarial, with blackwater fever
- Malaria, malarial, with blackwater fever, hemoglobinuric
- Malaria, malarial, with hemoglobinuria
- Malaria, malarial, falciparum, with complications NEC
- Malaria, malarial, falciparum, severe
- West African fever
Parent code
- B50Plasmodium falciparum malariaHeader