M02.08 — Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, vertebrae
M02.08 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for arthropathy following intestinal bypass, vertebrae. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
M02.08 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.
Medicare coverage
M02.08 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies — 0 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 6 listing it as NOT covered. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A58865Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
- A58893Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
- A59374Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
- A59434Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
How M02.08 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to M02.08.
- Arthropathy›following intestinal bypass›vertebra
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M02.0. If M02.08 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
- M02.03Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, wrist
- 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
- M02.09Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, multiple sites
Questions about M02.08
- Is M02.08 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. M02.08 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does M02.08 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Infectious arthropathies (M00-M02).