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M08 - Juvenile arthritis

ICD-10-CM Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue · M05-M14 Inflammatory polyarthropathies (M05-M14) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

M08 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 7 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom M08

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • arthropathy in Whipple's disease (M14.8)
  • Felty's syndrome (M05.0)
  • juvenile dermatomyositis (M33.0-)
  • psoriatic juvenile arthropathy (L40.54)
Code AlsoFrom M08

Report an additional code when both conditions apply.

  • any associated underlying condition, such as:
  • regional enteritis [Crohn's disease] (K50.-)
  • ulcerative colitis (K51.-)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter M00-M99

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
NotesFrom Chapter M00-M99

Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

More Specific Codes (7)

M08.0Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis→M08.1Juvenile ankylosing spondylitis→M08.2Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with systemic onset→M08.3Juvenile rheumatoid polyarthritis (seronegative)→M08.4Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis→M08.8Other juvenile arthritis→M08.9Juvenile arthritis, unspecified→

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