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B53.0 - Plasmodium ovale malaria


The ICD 10 Code for Plasmodium ovale malaria is listed as B53.0.
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: B53.0
Description: Plasmodium ovale malaria
  • Excludes1: Plasmodium ovale with Plasmodium falciparum (B50.-)
  • Plasmodium ovale with Plasmodium malariae (B52.-)
  • Plasmodium ovale with Plasmodium vivax (B51.-)
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 B53 - Other specified malaria
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 084.3 - Ovale malaria
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of B53.0:
B53.1 - Malaria due to simian plasmodia
B53.8 - Other malaria, not elsewhere classified