2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B51.9

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Plasmodium vivax malaria without complication

  • B51.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM B51.9 became effective on October 1, 2023.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of B51.9 – other international versions of ICD-10 B51.9 may differ.

Applicable To

  • Plasmodium vivax malaria NOS

The following code(s) above B51.9 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to B51.9:

  • A00-B99  Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
  • B50-B64  Protozoal diseases
  • B51  Plasmodium vivax malaria

Approximate Synonyms

  • Malaria, vivax
  • Vivax malaria

Clinical Information

  • Malaria caused by plasmodium vivax. This form of malaria is less severe than malaria, falciparum, but there is a higher probability for relapses to occur. Febrile paroxysms often occur every other day.

ICD-10-CM B51.9 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v41.0):

  • 867 Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses with mcc
  • 868 Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses with cc
  • 869 Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses without cc/mcc

Convert B51.9 to ICD-9-CMCode History

  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
  • 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to B51.9: