ICD-10-CM Code B53
Other specified 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 B53 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of B53 that describes the diagnosis 'other specified malaria' in more detail.
- B53 Other specified malaria NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE B53.0 Plasmodium ovale malaria
- BILLABLE B53.1 Malaria due to simian plasmodia
- BILLABLE B53.8 Other malaria, not elsewhere classified
The ICD code B53 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
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'B53 - Other specified malaria'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code B53. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.