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B06.82

B06.82 — Rubella arthritis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B06.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for rubella arthritis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B06.82

These are not written on B06.82, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing B06.82 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on B06 — Rubella [German measles]

  • congenital rubella (P35.0)

Other codes that can never be billed with B06.82

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at B06.82. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading B06.82 alone.

  • M01Direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
  • M02Postinfective and reactive arthropathies

Risk adjustment

B06.82 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:

  • HCC 92 Bone/Joint/Muscle/Severe Soft Tissue Infections/Necrosis0.479 RAF

Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.

How B06.82 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to B06.82.

  • Arthritis, arthritic›rubella
  • Arthritis, arthritic›in›rubella

Code history

B06.82 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the FY2024–FY2027 ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share B06.8. If B06.82 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about B06.82

Is B06.82 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
Yes. B06.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does B06.82 sit in the tabular list?
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions (B00-B09).
What cannot be coded together with B06.82?
B06.82 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above B06.82 (B06) and apply to it just the same.
ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release — see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.