M02.03
M02.03 — Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, wrist
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M02.03 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for arthropathy following intestinal bypass, 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.
- Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, carpal bones
Risk adjustment
M02.03 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 M02.03
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M02.0. If M02.03 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M02.00Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, unspecified site
- M02.01Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, shoulder
- M02.02Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, elbow
- M02.04Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, hand
- M02.05Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, hip
- M02.06Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, knee
- M02.07Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, ankle and foot
- M02.08Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, vertebrae
- M02.09Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, multiple sites
Questions about M02.03
- Is M02.03 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M02.03 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M02.03 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Infectious arthropathies (M00-M02).