M1A.021
M1A.021: Idiopathic chronic gout, right elbow
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMright
M1A.021 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for idiopathic chronic gout, right elbow. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category M1A
- 0
- without tophus (tophi)
- 1
- with tophus (tophi)
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M1A.021
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above M1A.021
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with M1A.021
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
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 M1A.021
2 child codes. Green means billable.