B52.9

B52.9: Plasmodium malariae malaria without complication

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B52.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for plasmodium malariae malaria without complication. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check B52.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Plasmodium malariae malaria NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B52.9

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on B52: Plasmodium malariae malaria

Plasmodium falciparum (B50.-)
Plasmodium vivax (B51.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with B52.9

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

B53.0Plasmodium ovale malaria
B53.1Malaria due to simian plasmodia

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Fever›quartan(malaria)
Malaria, malarial›malariae
Malaria, malarial›Plasmodium›malariae NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under B52