M00.83
M00.83 — Arthritis due to other bacteria, wrist
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M00.83 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for arthritis due to other bacteria, 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.
- Arthritis due to other bacteria, carpal bones
Risk adjustment
M00.83 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 M00.83
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M00.8. If M00.83 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M00.80Arthritis due to other bacteria, unspecified joint
- M00.81Arthritis due to other bacteria, shoulder
- M00.82Arthritis due to other bacteria, elbow
- 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
Questions about M00.83
- Is M00.83 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M00.83 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M00.83 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Infectious arthropathies (M00-M02).