M00.12

M00.12: Pneumococcal arthritis, elbow

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M00.12 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pneumococcal arthritis, elbow. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above M00.12

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 M00.12

3 child codes. Green means billable.

M00.121Pneumococcal arthritis, right elbow
M00.122Pneumococcal arthritis, left elbow
M00.129Pneumococcal arthritis, unspecified elbow

Other codes under M00.1

M00.10Pneumococcal arthritis, unspecified joint
M00.11Pneumococcal arthritis, shoulder
M00.13Pneumococcal arthritis, wrist
M00.14Pneumococcal arthritis, hand
M00.15Pneumococcal arthritis, hip
M00.16Pneumococcal arthritis, knee
M00.17Pneumococcal arthritis, ankle and foot
M00.18Pneumococcal arthritis, vertebrae
M00.19Pneumococcal polyarthritis