M01.X2
M01.X2 — Direct infection of elbow in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M01.X2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for direct infection of elbow in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M01.X2 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 M01.X2
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M01.X. If M01.X2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M01.X0Direct infection of unspecified joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
- M01.X1Direct infection of shoulder joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
- M01.X3Direct infection of wrist in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
- M01.X4Direct infection of hand in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
- M01.X5Direct infection of hip in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
- M01.X6Direct infection of knee in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
- M01.X7Direct infection of ankle and foot in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
- M01.X8Direct infection of vertebrae in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
- M01.X9Direct infection of multiple joints in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
Questions about M01.X2
- Is M01.X2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M01.X2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M01.X2 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Infectious arthropathies (M00-M02).