M00.03
M00.03 — Staphylococcal arthritis, wrist
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M00.03 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for staphylococcal arthritis, wrist. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Staphylococcal arthritis of carpal bones
Risk adjustment
M00.03 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead M00.03
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M00.0. If M00.03 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M00.00Staphylococcal arthritis, unspecified joint
- M00.01Staphylococcal arthritis, shoulder
- M00.02Staphylococcal arthritis, elbow
- M00.04Staphylococcal arthritis, hand
- M00.05Staphylococcal arthritis, hip
- M00.06Staphylococcal arthritis, knee
- M00.07Staphylococcal arthritis, ankle and foot
- M00.08Staphylococcal arthritis, vertebrae
- M00.09Staphylococcal polyarthritis
Questions about M00.03
- Is M00.03 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M00.03 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M00.03 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Infectious arthropathies (M00-M02).