M12.8
M12.8 — Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M12.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified. 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.
- Transient arthropathy
Risk adjustment
M12.8 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 M12.8
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- M12.80Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, unspecified site
- M12.81Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, shoulder
- M12.82Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, elbow
- M12.83Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, wrist
- M12.84Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, hand
- M12.85Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, hip
- M12.86Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, knee
- M12.87Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, ankle and foot
- M12.88Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, other specified site
- M12.89Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, multiple sites
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M12. If M12.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M12.8
- Is M12.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M12.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M12.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Inflammatory polyarthropathies (M05-M14).