B54

B54: Unspecified malaria

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B54 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified malaria. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Malaria, malarial(fever)
Remittent fever(malarial)
Anemia›malarial
Anemia›marsh
Anemia›paludal
Chill›congestive in malarial regions
Malaria, malarial›clinically diagnosed(without parasitological confirmation)
Malaria, malarial›congestion, congestive
Malaria, malarial›hemorrhagic
Malaria, malarial›recurrent
Malaria, malarial›remittent
Malaria, malarial›spleen

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.