M06
M06 — Other rheumatoid arthritis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M06 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other rheumatoid arthritis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with M06
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at M06. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading M06 alone.
- M08.2Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with systemic onset
Risk adjustment
M06 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 M06
7 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about M06
- Is M06 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M06 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M06 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Inflammatory polyarthropathies (M05-M14).