B53
B53: Other specified malaria
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
B53 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified malaria. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with B53
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- B53.1Malaria due to simian plasmodia
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 B53
3 child codes. Green means billable.