M1A.43
M1A.43 — Other secondary chronic gout, wrist
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M1A.43 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other secondary chronic gout, wrist. 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)
Risk adjustment
M1A.43 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 M1A.43
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M1A.4. If M1A.43 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M1A.40Other secondary chronic gout, unspecified site
- M1A.41Other secondary chronic gout, shoulder
- M1A.42Other secondary chronic gout, elbow
- M1A.44Other secondary chronic gout, hand
- M1A.45Other secondary chronic gout, hip
- M1A.46Other secondary chronic gout, knee
- M1A.47Other secondary chronic gout, ankle and foot
- M1A.48Other secondary chronic gout, vertebrae
- M1A.49Other secondary chronic gout, multiple sites
Questions about M1A.43
- Is M1A.43 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M1A.43 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M1A.43 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Inflammatory polyarthropathies (M05-M14).