Plague

Definition

Acute infectious bacterial disease caused by Yersinia pestis that affects humans, wild rodents, and their ectoparasites; bubonic plague is the most common form.

6 subordinate codes

• 1B93.0Bubonic plague
• 1B93.1Cellulocutaneous plague
• 1B93.2Pneumonic plague
• 1B93.3Plague meningitis
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified

Nearby in Certain zoonotic bacterial diseases

• 1B90Rat-bite fevers
• 1B91Leptospirosis
• 1B92Glanders
• 1B94Tularaemia
• 1B95Brucellosis
• 1B96Erysipeloid
• 1B97Anthrax
• 1B98Cat-scratch disease