B50.8
B50.8: Other severe and complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B50.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other severe and complicated plasmodium falciparum malaria. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check B50.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Severe or complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria NOS
Other codes that can never be billed with B50.8
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
B50.8 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
- West African fever
- Fever›bilious, hemoglobinuric
- Fever›blackwater
- Fever›hematuric, bilious
- Fever›hemoglobinuric(malarial) (bilious)
- Hematinuria›malarial
- Hematuria›malarial
- Hemoglobinuria›malarial
- Fever›West›African
- Malaria, malarial›falciparum›severe
- Malaria, malarial›falciparum›with complications NEC
- Malaria, malarial›with›blackwater fever
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.