M11.8
M11.8 — Other specified crystal arthropathies
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M11.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified crystal arthropathies. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M11.8 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 M11.8
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- M11.80Other specified crystal arthropathies, unspecified site
- M11.81Other specified crystal arthropathies, shoulder
- M11.82Other specified crystal arthropathies, elbow
- M11.83Other specified crystal arthropathies, wrist
- M11.84Other specified crystal arthropathies, hand
- M11.85Other specified crystal arthropathies, hip
- M11.86Other specified crystal arthropathies, knee
- M11.87Other specified crystal arthropathies, ankle and foot
- M11.88Other specified crystal arthropathies, vertebrae
- M11.89Other specified crystal arthropathies, multiple sites
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M11. If M11.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M11.8
- Is M11.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M11.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M11.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Inflammatory polyarthropathies (M05-M14).