M01.X

M01.X: Direct infection of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M01.X is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for direct infection of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M01.X

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on M01: Direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere

arthropathy in Lyme disease (A69.23)
gonococcal arthritis (A54.42)
meningococcal arthritis (A39.83)
mumps arthritis (B26.85)
postinfective arthropathy (M02.-)
postmeningococcal arthritis (A39.84)
reactive arthritis (M02.3)
rubella arthritis (B06.82)
sarcoidosis arthritis (D86.86)
typhoid fever arthritis (A01.04)
tuberculosis arthritis (A18.01-A18.02)

Other codes that can never be billed with M01.X

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

M02Postinfective and reactive arthropathies

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 M01.X

10 child codes. Green means billable.