2008 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Infectious And Parasitic Diseases 001-139 > Zoonotic Bacterial Diseases 020-027 >  2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 020
Plague On October 1, 2008 the 2009 ICD-9-CM codes came into effect. Therefore, this code may be out of date.
The 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 020 can be accessed here. - An acute infectious disease caused by YERSINIA PESTIS that affects humans, wild rodents, and their ectoparasites. This condition persists due to its firm entrenchment in sylvatic rodent-flea ecosystems throughout the world. Bubonic plague is the most common form.
- 020 is a non-specific code that cannot be used to specify a diagnosis
020 includes: - infection by Yersinia [Pasteurella] pestis
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