2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B54

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Unspecified malaria

  • B54 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 B54 became effective on October 1, 2023.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of B54 – other international versions of ICD-10 B54 may differ.

The following code(s) above B54 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to B54:

  • A00-B99  Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
  • B50-B64  Protozoal diseases

Approximate Synonyms

  • Malaria
  • Malaria in childbirth
  • Malaria in pregnancy
  • Malarial fever
  • Maternal malaria during pregnancy
  • Maternal malaria during pregnancy – baby delivered
  • Maternal malaria in pregnancy, after childbirth

Clinical Information

  • A protozoan disease caused in humans by four species of the plasmodium genus: plasmodium falciparum; plasmodium vivax; plasmodium ovale; and plasmodium malariae; and transmitted by the bite of an infected female mosquito of the genus anopheles. Malaria is endemic in parts of asia, africa, central and south america, oceania, and certain caribbean islands. It is characterized by extreme exhaustion associated with paroxysms of high fever; sweating; shaking chills; and anemia. Malaria in animals is caused by other species of plasmodia.
  • A protozoan infection caused by the genus plasmodium. There are four species of plasmodium that can infect humans: plasmodium falciparum, vivax, ovale, and malariae. It is transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes. Signs and symptoms include paroxysmal high fever, sweating, chills, and anemia.
  • Malaria is a serious disease caused by a parasite. Infected mosquitoes spread it. Malaria is a major cause of death worldwide, but it is almost wiped out in the United States. The disease is mostly a problem in developing countries with warm climates. If you travel to these countries, you are at risk. There are four different types of malaria caused by four related parasites. The most deadly type occurs in africa south of the sahara desert.malaria symptoms include chills, flu-like symptoms, fever, vomiting, diarrhea and jaundice. The disease can be life-threatening. However, you can treat malaria with medicines. The type of medicine depends on which kind of malaria you have and where you were infected. Malaria can be prevented. When traveling to malaria-prone regions
    • see your doctor for medicines that protect you
    • wear insect repellent with deet
    • cover up
    • sleep under mosquito netting
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  • Protozoan disease caused in humans by four species of the genus plasmodium (p. Falciparum, p. Vivax, p. Ovale, and p. Malariae) and transmitted by the bite of an infected female mosquito of the genus anopheles; malaria is endemic in parts of asia, africa, central and south america, oceania, and certain caribbean islands; characterized by extreme exhaustion associated with paroxysms of high fever, sweating, shaking chills, and anemia; malaria in animals is caused by other species of plasmodia.

ICD-10-CM B54 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 B54 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

Code annotations containing back-references to B54:

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to B54:

  • Anemia (essential) (general) (hemoglobin deficiency) (infantile) (primary) (profound) D64.9
    • malarial B54 – see also Malaria
    • marsh B54 – see also Malaria
    • paludal B54 – see also Malaria
  • Chill(s) R68.83
    • congestive in malarial regions B54
  • Disorder (of) – see also Disease
  • Malaria, malarial (fever) B54
    • clinically diagnosed B54 (without parasitological confirmation)
    • congestion, congestive B54
    • hemorrhagic B54
    • recurrent B54
    • remittent B54
    • spleen B54
    • typhoid B54
  • Remittent fever B54 (malarial)
  • Splenitis (interstitial) (malignant) (nonspecific) D73.89
    • malarial B54 – see also Malaria
  • Splenomegaly, splenomegalia (Bengal) (cryptogenic) (idiopathic) (tropical) R16.1
    • malarial B54 – see also Malaria