M14.6

M14.6: Charcot's joint

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M14.6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for charcot's joint. 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.

Charcôt's joint in diabetes mellitus (E08-E13 with .610)
Charcôt's joint in tabes dorsalis (A52.16)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Neuropathic arthropathy

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M14.6

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on M14: Arthropathies in other diseases classified elsewhere

arthropathy in:
diabetes mellitus (E08-E13 with .61-)
hematological disorders (M36.2-M36.3)
hypersensitivity reactions (M36.4)
neoplastic disease (M36.1)
neurosyphillis (A52.16)
sarcoidosis (D86.86)
enteropathic arthropathies (M07.-)
juvenile psoriatic arthropathy (L40.54)
lipoid dermatoarthritis (E78.81)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead M14.6

10 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under M14

M14.8Arthropathies in other specified diseases classified elsewhere