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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Assistant Editors-In-Chief: Esther Lee, M.A.

Classification

Human Y. pestis infection takes various forms, the main three being pneumonic, septicemic, and bubonic:

• Pneumonic plague
• Septicemic plague
• Bubonic plague
• Pharyngeal plague
• Meningeal plague

ICD-9 codes for the diseases caused by Y. pestis:

• 020.0 Bubonic plague
• 020.2 Septicemic plague
• 020.5 Unspecified pneumonic plague
• 020.3 Primary pneumonic plague
• 020.4 Secondary pneumonic plague