M06.3
M06.3 — Rheumatoid nodule
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M06.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for rheumatoid nodule. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M06.3 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 M06.3
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- M06.30Rheumatoid nodule, unspecified site
- M06.31Rheumatoid nodule, shoulder
- M06.32Rheumatoid nodule, elbow
- M06.33Rheumatoid nodule, wrist
- M06.34Rheumatoid nodule, hand
- M06.35Rheumatoid nodule, hip
- M06.36Rheumatoid nodule, knee
- M06.37Rheumatoid nodule, ankle and foot
- M06.38Rheumatoid nodule, vertebrae
- M06.39Rheumatoid nodule, multiple sites
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M06. If M06.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M06.3
- Is M06.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M06.3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M06.3 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Inflammatory polyarthropathies (M05-M14).