B53.8 Other malaria, not elsewhere classified

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 867-869 in MDC 18.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 084.4 Other malaria (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to B53.8

Back-references to B53

• Type 2 Excludes: J82 Pulmonary eosinophilia, not elsewhere classified ("pulmonary eosinophilia due to specified parasitic infection (B50-B83)")

Diagnosis Index entries for B53.8

• Malaria, malarial (fever) › parasitologically confirmed NEC
• Malaria, malarial (fever) › specified type NEC (parasitologically confirmed)

Nearby codes

• B53 Other specified malaria
• B53.0 Plasmodium ovale malaria
• B53.1 Malaria due to simian plasmodia
• B53.8 Other malaria, not elsewhere classified (this code)