Is M08.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. M08.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does M08.0 sit in the tabular list?

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Inflammatory polyarthropathies (M05-M14).

M08.0

M08.0 — Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M08.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. 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.

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with or without rheumatoid factor

Other codes that can never be billed with M08.0

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at M08.0. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading M08.0 alone.

M08.9Juvenile arthritis, unspecified

Risk adjustment

M08.0 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 M08.0

11 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share M08. If M08.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about M08.0

Is M08.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. M08.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does M08.0 sit in the tabular list?: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Inflammatory polyarthropathies (M05-M14).