kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

B50

Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Hierarchy

  • A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
    • B50-B64 Protozoal diseases (B50-B64)
      • B50 Plasmodium falciparum malaria
        • B50.0 Plasmodium falciparum malaria with cerebral complications
        • B50.8 Other severe and complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria
        • B50.9 Plasmodium falciparum malaria, unspecified

Use Additional

A00-B99

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

Includes

B50

  • mixed infections of Plasmodium falciparum with any other Plasmodium species

A00-B99

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes 1

B50-B64

  • A06 Amebiasis
  • A07 Other protozoal intestinal diseases

A00-B99

  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

Excludes 2

A00-B99

  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
    • Z22 Carrier of infectious disease
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
    • O98 Maternal infectious and parasitic diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
    • P35-P39 Infections specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)