M05.63
M05.63 — Rheumatoid arthritis of wrist with involvement of other organs and systems
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M05.63 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for rheumatoid arthritis of wrist with involvement of other organs and systems. 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.
- Rheumatoid arthritis of carpal bones with involvement of other organs and systems
Risk adjustment
M05.63 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 M05.63
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M05.6. If M05.63 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M05.60Rheumatoid arthritis of unspecified site with involvement of other organs and systems
- M05.61Rheumatoid arthritis of shoulder with involvement of other organs and systems
- M05.62Rheumatoid arthritis of elbow with involvement of other organs and systems
- M05.64Rheumatoid arthritis of hand with involvement of other organs and systems
- M05.65Rheumatoid arthritis of hip with involvement of other organs and systems
- M05.66Rheumatoid arthritis of knee with involvement of other organs and systems
- M05.67Rheumatoid arthritis of ankle and foot with involvement of other organs and systems
- M05.69Rheumatoid arthritis of multiple sites with involvement of other organs and systems
Questions about M05.63
- Is M05.63 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M05.63 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M05.63 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Inflammatory polyarthropathies (M05-M14).