ICD-11 classes
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Parasitic diseases
Malaria
1F42 — Malaria due to Plasmodium malariae

ICD-11 1F42 — Malaria due to Plasmodium malariae

A disease caused by an infection with the protozoan parasite Plasmodium malariae. This disease is characterised by fever, chills, headache, nausea and vomiting, body aches, or general malaise. Transmission is through the bite of an infected mosquito. Confirmation is by identification of Plasmodium malariae in a blood sample.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

Diagnosis with code 1F42 contains 3 clarifying diagnoses:

1. 1F42.0 — Plasmodium malariae malaria with nephropathy
2. 1F42.Y — Malaria due to Plasmodium malariae with other complications
3. 1F42.Z — Plasmodium malariae malaria without complication