M05.8A — Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of other specified site
M05.8A is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of other specified site. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
M05.8A risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 93 Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Specified Inflammatory Rheumatic Disorders0.617 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.
Medicare coverage
M05.8A is named in 24 Medicare coverage policies — 18 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 M05.8A 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 M05.8A.
- Arthritis, arthritic›rheumatoid›seropositive›specified NEC›specified site NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M05.8. If M05.8A is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M05.80Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of unspecified site
- M05.81Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of shoulder
- M05.82Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of elbow
- M05.83Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of wrist
- M05.84Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of hand
- M05.85Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of hip
- M05.86Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of knee
- M05.87Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of ankle and foot
- M05.89Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of multiple sites
Questions about M05.8A
- Is M05.8A a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. M05.8A is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does M05.8A sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Inflammatory polyarthropathies (M05-M14).