B50.0
B50.0: Plasmodium falciparum malaria with cerebral complications
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B50.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for plasmodium falciparum malaria with cerebral complications. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check B50.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Cerebral malaria NOS
Other codes that can never be billed with B50.0
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.
Medicare coverage
B50.0 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57060Billing and Coding: Visual Electrophysiology Testing
- A57599Billing and Coding: Visual Electrophysiology Testing
- A58706Billing and Coding: Electroretinography (ERG)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Malaria, malarial›cerebral
- Malaria, malarial›falciparum›with complications NEC›cerebral
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.