M06.0
M06.0 — Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M06.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M06.0 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 M06.0
11 child codes. Green means billable.
- M06.00Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, unspecified site
- M06.01Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, shoulder
- M06.02Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, elbow
- M06.03Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, wrist
- M06.04Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, hand
- M06.05Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, hip
- M06.06Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, knee
- M06.07Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, ankle and foot
- M06.08Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, vertebrae
- M06.09Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, multiple sites
- M06.0ARheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, other specified site
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M06. If M06.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M06.0
- Is M06.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M06.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M06.0 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Inflammatory polyarthropathies (M05-M14).