ICD-10-CM Codes
A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
A20-A28 Certain zoonotic bacterial diseases
A20- Plague
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A20.0

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A20.0

Bubonic plague

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Billable/Specific Code

A20.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM A20.0 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A20.0 - other international versions of ICD-10 A20.0 may differ.

The following code(s) above A20.0 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to A20.0:

A00-B99
2021 ICD-10-CM Range A00-B99
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Includes
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Type 1 Excludes
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
Type 2 Excludes
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)
Use Additional
- code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
A20
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A20
Plague
Includes
- infection due to Yersinia pestis
Plague

ICD-10-CM A20.0 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):

867 Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses with mcc
868 Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses with cc
869 Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses without cc/mcc

Convert A20.0 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to A20.0:

Bubonic plague A20.0
Plague A20.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A20.9
Plague, unspecified
- bubonic A20.0
- lymphatic gland A20.0
Polyadenitis - see also Lymphadenitis
- malignant A20.0

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To A20.0

A18.84 Tuberculosis of heart

A18.85 Tuberculosis of spleen

A18.89 Tuberculosis of other sites

A19 Miliary tuberculosis

A19.0 Acute miliary tuberculosis of a single specified site

A19.1 Acute miliary tuberculosis of multiple sites

A19.2 Acute miliary tuberculosis, unspecified

A19.8 Other miliary tuberculosis

A19.9 Miliary tuberculosis, unspecified

A20 Plague

A20.0 Bubonic plague

A20.1 Cellulocutaneous plague

A20.2 Pneumonic plague

A20.3 Plague meningitis

A20.7 Septicemic plague

A20.8 Other forms of plague

A20.9 Plague, unspecified

A21 Tularemia

A21.0 Ulceroglandular tularemia

A21.1 Oculoglandular tularemia

A21.2 Pulmonary tularemia

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A20.0

Bubonic plague

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases

Plague

Plague, unspecified