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