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Non-specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 020
Plague
  • 2015
  • Non-Billable Code

  • There are 8 ICD-9-CM codes below 020 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
Clinical Information
  • Acute infectious disease caused by yersinia pestis that affects humans, wild rodents, and their ectoparasites; bubonic plague is the most common form
020 Includes
  • infection by Yersinia [Pasteurella] pestis
 018.96 ICD9Data.com 020.0 
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