B53.1
Malaria due to simian plasmodia
Billable
Code Hierarchy
B53B53.1
Chapter: 1. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Section: B50-B64 - Protozoal diseases
Coding Guidelines
Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)
These codes should never be used together with B53.1
- Malaria due to simian plasmodia with Plasmodium falciparum (B50.-)
- Malaria due to simian plasmodia with Plasmodium malariae (B52.-)
- B53.0 - Malaria due to simian plasmodia with Plasmodium ovale (B53.0)
- Malaria due to simian plasmodia with Plasmodium vivax (B51.-)
