B50.8Dagger codeAsterisk code
Other severe and complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Plasmodium falciparum malaria
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- GuidelinesMalariaMalaria, uncomplicated Malaria, severe See: Primary Health Care STGs and EML - Malaria . MALARIA, UNCOMPLICATED ICD-10 code: B50.0/B50.8-9/B51.0/B51.8-9/B52.9/B53.0/B53.8/B54 *Notifiable medical condition. See: Primary Health Care STGs and EML: Malaria, Non-severe/uncomplicated . MALARIA, SEVERE ICD-10 code: B50.0/B50.8 *Notifiable medical condition. See: Primary Health Ca
- GuidelinesMalaria, Severe/ComplicatedDescription Medicine Treatment Referral ICD-10 codes: B50.0/B50.8 Note: notifiable medical condition. DESCRIPTION Any one of the following is a sign of severe (complicated) malaria, is associated with a higher mortality, and requires urgent referral (after initial artesunate dose as below): prostration (severe general body weakness) sleepiness, confusion, unconsciousness or coma, convulsion
- GuidelinesP.Falciparum Malaria, Severe, Complicated (Or If Repeated Vomiting)Diagnostic criteria General and supportive measures Medicine treatment Referral ICD-10 code: B50.0/B50.8 DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA Clinical Unable to drink or breast feed. Vomits everything. Renal failure. Cerebral malaria: manifests with convulsions, which may be subtle, and/or any change in mental state, ranging from irritability, lethargy to coma, stiff neck or bulging fontanelle. Respiratory