Rheumatoid vasculitis with rheumatoid arthritis of hip

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

M05.251 Rheumatoid vasculitis with rheumatoid arthritis of right hip
M05.252 Rheumatoid vasculitis with rheumatoid arthritis of left hip
M05.259 Rheumatoid vasculitis with rheumatoid arthritis of unspecified hip

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Rheumatoid vasculitis with rheumatoid arthritis of hip

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from M05 Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor

Excludes1 - never coded here

rheumatic fever (I00)
juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (M08.-)
rheumatoid arthritis of spine (M45.-)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Rheumatism > gout
Rheumatoid > arthritis
Vasculitis > rheumatoid
Rheumatoid > polyarthritis
Disease, diseased > rheumatoid
Arthritis, arthritic > rheumatic
Arthritis, arthritic > rheumatoid > with > vasculitis
Rheumatoid > vasculitis > hip

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M05.20	Rheumatoid vasculitis with rheumatoid arthritis of unspecified site	Valid
M05.21	Rheumatoid vasculitis with rheumatoid arthritis of shoulder	Not billable
M05.22	Rheumatoid vasculitis with rheumatoid arthritis of elbow	Not billable
M05.23	Rheumatoid vasculitis with rheumatoid arthritis of wrist	Not billable
M05.24	Rheumatoid vasculitis with rheumatoid arthritis of hand	Not billable
M05.26	Rheumatoid vasculitis with rheumatoid arthritis of knee	Not billable
M05.27	Rheumatoid vasculitis with rheumatoid arthritis of ankle and foot	Not billable
M05.29	Rheumatoid vasculitis with rheumatoid arthritis of multiple sites	Valid