M00.8
M00.8 — Arthritis and polyarthritis due to other bacteria
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M00.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for arthritis and polyarthritis due to other bacteria. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
- code (B96) to identify bacteria
Risk adjustment
M00.8 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 M00.8
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- M00.80Arthritis due to other bacteria, unspecified joint
- M00.81Arthritis due to other bacteria, shoulder
- M00.82Arthritis due to other bacteria, elbow
- M00.83Arthritis due to other bacteria, wrist
- M00.84Arthritis due to other bacteria, hand
- M00.85Arthritis due to other bacteria, hip
- M00.86Arthritis due to other bacteria, knee
- M00.87Arthritis due to other bacteria, ankle and foot
- M00.88Arthritis due to other bacteria, vertebrae
- M00.89Polyarthritis due to other bacteria
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M00. If M00.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M00.8
- Is M00.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M00.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M00.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Infectious arthropathies (M00-M02).