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B50.0 - Plasmodium falciparum malaria with cerebral complications


The ICD 10 Code for Plasmodium falciparum malaria with cerebral complications is listed as B50.0.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: B50.0
Description: Plasmodium falciparum malaria with cerebral complications
  • Cerebral malaria NOS
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
867 - Other Infectious & Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses W Mcc
868 - Other Infectious & Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses W Cc
869 - Other Infectious & Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses W/o Cc/mcc
Chapter Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
Block Protozoal diseases (B50-B64)
Parent B50 - Plasmodium falciparum malaria
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 084.9 - Other pernicious complications of malaria (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of B50.0:
B50.8 - Other severe and complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria
B50.9 - Plasmodium falciparum malaria, unspecified