B50.8 Other severe and complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Instructional Notes:

B50.8
Description: Other severe and complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Inclusion Term:
- Severe or complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria NOS
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B50
Description: Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Include:
- mixed infections of Plasmodium falciparum with any other Plasmodium species
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B50-B64
Description: Protozoal diseases (B50-B64)
Exclude1:
- amebiasis (A06.-)
- other protozoal intestinal diseases (A07.-)
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A00-B99
Description: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Exclude1:
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
Exclude2:
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)
Use Additional Code:
- code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
Include:
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible