A20.8
A20.8: Other forms of plague
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A20.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other forms of plague. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A20.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Abortive plague
- Asymptomatic plague
- Pestis minor
Other codes that can never be billed with A20.8
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- A28.2Extraintestinal yersiniosis
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Plague›abortive
- Plague›ambulatory
- Plague›asymptomatic
- Plague›pharyngeal
- Plague›tonsillar
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.