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M00.06

M00.06: Staphylococcal arthritis, knee

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M00.06 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for staphylococcal arthritis, knee. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above M00.06

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on M00: Pyogenic arthritis

  • 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 M00.06

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under M00.0

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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