ICD-10-CM Code B51
Plasmodium vivax malaria
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code B51 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of B51 that describes the diagnosis 'plasmodium vivax malaria' in more detail.
- B51 Plasmodium vivax malaria NON-BILLABLE
The ICD code B51 is used to code Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by parasitic protozoans (a group of single-celled microorganisms) belonging to the Plasmodium type. Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, fatigue, vomiting, and headaches. In severe cases it can cause yellow skin, seizures, coma, or death. Symptoms usually begin ten to fifteen days after being bitten. If not properly treated, people may have recurrences of the disease months later. In those who have recently survived an infection, reinfection usually causes milder symptoms. This partial resistance disappears over months to years if the person has no continuing exposure to malaria.
| Specialty: | Infectious Disease |
| ICD 9 Code: | 84 |
A Plasmodium from the saliva of a female mosquito moving across a mosquito cell
Coding Notes for B51 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Includes Notes:
Includes
Includes notes further define, or give examples of, conditions included in the section. - Mixed infections of Plasmodium vivax with other Plasmodium species, except Plasmodium falciparum
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Plasmodium vivav with Plasmodium falciparum - instead, use code B50.-
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'B51 - Plasmodium vivax malaria'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code B51. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.