M00
M00: Pyogenic arthritis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M00 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pyogenic arthritis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal joint prosthesis (T84.5-)
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead M00
5 child codes. Green means billable.