B50
B50: Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
B50 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for plasmodium falciparum malaria. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- mixed infections of Plasmodium falciparum with any other Plasmodium species
Other codes that can never be billed with B50
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead B50
3 child codes. Green means billable.