- B50.8 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 B50.8 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of B50.8 – other international versions of ICD-10 B50.8 may differ.
ICD-10-CM B50.8 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s):
- 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
Applicable To
- Severe or complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria NOS
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): No change
- 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
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to B50.8:
- bilious, hemoglobinuric > Fever (inanition) (of unknown origin) (persistent) (with chills) (with rigor) R50.9
- blackwater > Fever (inanition) (of unknown origin) (persistent) (with chills) (with rigor) R50.9
- hematuric, bilious > Fever (inanition) (of unknown origin) (persistent) (with chills) (with rigor) R50.9
- hemoglobinuric (malarial) (bilious) > Fever (inanition) (of unknown origin) (persistent) (with chills) (with rigor) R50.9
- West > Fever (inanition) (of unknown origin) (persistent) (with chills) (with rigor) R50.9
- African > West B50.8
- malarial > Hematinuria
- malarial > Hematuria R31.9
- malarial > Hemoglobinuria R82.3
- with > Malaria, malarial (fever) B54
- blackwater fever > with B50.8
- hemoglobinuric (bilious) > blackwater fever B50.8
- hemoglobinuria > with B50.8
- with complications NEC > falciparum B50.9
- severe > falciparum B50.9