M14
M14 — Arthropathies in other diseases classified elsewhere
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M14 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for arthropathies in other diseases classified elsewhere. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Other codes that can never be billed with M14
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at M14. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading M14 alone.
- M08Juvenile arthritis
Risk adjustment
M14 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 M14
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about M14
- Is M14 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M14 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M14 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Inflammatory polyarthropathies (M05-M14).
- What cannot be coded together with M14?
- M14 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.