M12.0
M12.0 — Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud]
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M12.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [jaccoud]. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M12.0 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 M12.0
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- M12.00Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], unspecified site
- M12.01Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], shoulder
- M12.02Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], elbow
- M12.03Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], wrist
- M12.04Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], hand
- M12.05Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], hip
- M12.06Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], knee
- M12.07Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], ankle and foot
- M12.08Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], other specified site
- M12.09Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], multiple sites
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M12. If M12.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M12.0
- Is M12.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M12.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M12.0 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Inflammatory polyarthropathies (M05-M14).