M10.0
M10.0 — Idiopathic gout
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M10.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for idiopathic gout. 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.
- Gouty bursitis
- Primary gout
Risk adjustment
M10.0 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 M10.0
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- M10.00Idiopathic gout, unspecified site
- M10.01Idiopathic gout, shoulder
- M10.02Idiopathic gout, elbow
- M10.03Idiopathic gout, wrist
- M10.04Idiopathic gout, hand
- M10.05Idiopathic gout, hip
- M10.06Idiopathic gout, knee
- M10.07Idiopathic gout, ankle and foot
- M10.08Idiopathic gout, vertebrae
- M10.09Idiopathic gout, multiple sites
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M10. If M10.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M10.0
- Is M10.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M10.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M10.0 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Inflammatory polyarthropathies (M05-M14).