B54 Unspecified malaria

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)

• 084.6 Malaria, unspecified

Code annotations containing back-references to B54

Back-references to B54

• Code First: D63.8 Anemia in other chronic diseases classified elsewhere ("malaria (B50.0-B54)")
• Code First: D77 Other disorders of blood and blood-forming organs in diseases classified elsewhere ("malaria (B50.0-B54)")
• Type 2 Excludes: J82 Pulmonary eosinophilia, not elsewhere classified ("pulmonary eosinophilia due to specified parasitic infection (B50-B83)")

Back-references to B54

• Code First: D63.8 Anemia in other chronic diseases classified elsewhere ("malaria (B50.0-B54)")
• Code First: D77 Other disorders of blood and blood-forming organs in diseases classified elsewhere ("malaria (B50.0-B54)")
• Type 2 Excludes: J82 Pulmonary eosinophilia, not elsewhere classified ("pulmonary eosinophilia due to specified parasitic infection (B50-B83)")

Diagnosis Index entries for B54

• Anemia (essential) (general) (hemoglobin deficiency) (infantile) (primary) (profound) › malarial
• Anemia (essential) (general) (hemoglobin deficiency) (infantile) (primary) (profound) › marsh
• Anemia (essential) (general) (hemoglobin deficiency) (infantile) (primary) (profound) › paludal
• Chill (s) › congestive in malarial regions
• Disorder (of) › liver › malarial
• Malaria, malarial (fever)
• Malaria, malarial (fever) › clinically diagnosed (without parasitological confirmation)
• Malaria, malarial (fever) › congestion, congestive
• Malaria, malarial (fever) › hemorrhagic
• Malaria, malarial (fever) › recurrent
• Malaria, malarial (fever) › remittent
• Malaria, malarial (fever) › spleen
• Malaria, malarial (fever) › typhoid
• Remittent fever (malarial)
• Splenitis (interstitial) (malignant) (nonspecific) › malarial
• Splenomegaly, splenomegalia (Bengal) (cryptogenic) (idiopathic) (tropical) › malarial

Nearby codes

• B54 Unspecified malaria (this code)