Plasmodium falciparum malaria, unspecified
Billable / specific
B50.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
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
- Chagres fever
- Estivo-autumnal malaria
- Fever, Chagres
- Fever, continued malarial
- Fever, estivo-autumnal
- Fever, intermittent, pernicious
- Fever, Panama
- Fever, subtertian
- Malaria, malarial, algid
- Malaria, malarial, continued
- Malaria, malarial, estivo-autumnal
- Malaria, malarial, falciparum
- Malaria, malarial, tertian, malignant
- Malaria, malarial, tropical
Parent code
- B50Plasmodium falciparum malariaHeader