B54
Unspecified malaria
Billable code
This code does not map to a risk-adjusting HCC in the loaded models.
Coding notes
Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist
Inherited from B50-B64Protozoal diseases
Inherited from chapter 1Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Includes
diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Excludes 1
certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
Excludes 2
carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)
Use additional
code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
Official Guidelines for B54
FY 2026 ›I.C.1Chapter-specific guidanceChapter 1: Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99), U07.1, U09.9
Subsections
- I.C.1.aHuman Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infections
- I.C.1.bInfectious agents as the cause of diseases classified to other chapters
- I.C.1.cInfections resistant to antibiotics
- I.C.1.dSepsis, Severe Sepsis, and Septic Shock Infections resistant to antibiotics
- I.C.1.eMethicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Conditions
- I.C.1.fZika virus infections
- I.C.1.gCoronavirus infections
Find B54 in the alphabetic index
16 index paths lead to this code
- Malaria, malarial
- Remittent fever
- Anemia › malarial
- Anemia › marsh
- Anemia › paludal
- Chill › congestive in malarial regions
- Malaria, malarial › clinically diagnosed
- Malaria, malarial › congestion, congestive
- Malaria, malarial › hemorrhagic
- Malaria, malarial › recurrent
- Malaria, malarial › remittent
- Malaria, malarial › spleen
- Malaria, malarial › typhoid
- Splenitis › malarial
- Splenomegaly, splenomegalia › malarial
- Disorder › liver › malarial