B50.9
B50.9: Plasmodium falciparum malaria, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B50.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for plasmodium falciparum malaria, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
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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
B50.9 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
- Chagres fever
- Estivo-autumnal malaria(fever)
- Fever›Chagres
- Fever›continued malarial
- Fever›estivo-autumnal(malarial)
- Fever›Panama(malarial)
- Fever›subtertian
- Malaria, malarial›algid
- Malaria, malarial›continued(fever)
- Malaria, malarial›estivo-autumnal
- Malaria, malarial›falciparum
- Malaria, malarial›tropical
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.