B54

Unspecified malaria

Billable / specific

B54 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Includes

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

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

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)

Also known as

  • Anemia, malarial
  • Anemia, marsh
  • Anemia, paludal
  • Chill, congestive in malarial regions
  • Disorder, liver, malarial
  • Malaria, malarial
  • Malaria, malarial, clinically diagnosed
  • Malaria, malarial, congestion, congestive
  • Malaria, malarial, hemorrhagic
  • Malaria, malarial, recurrent
  • Malaria, malarial, remittent
  • Malaria, malarial, spleen
  • Malaria, malarial, typhoid
  • Remittent fever
  • Splenitis, malarial

Related codes

  • B50Plasmodium falciparum malariaHeader
  • B51Plasmodium vivax malariaHeader
  • B52Plasmodium malariae malariaHeader
  • B53Other specified malariaHeader
  • B55LeishmaniasisHeader
  • B56African trypanosomiasisHeader
  • B57Chagas' diseaseHeader
  • B58ToxoplasmosisHeader
  • B59PneumocystosisBillable
  • B60Other protozoal diseases, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
  • B64Unspecified protozoal diseaseBillable

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