ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M05-M14 › M05.7 Rheumatoid arthritis with... › M05.70
Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of unspecified site without organ or systems involvement
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of unspecified site without organ or systems involvement
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.
- Arthropyosis
- Pyoarthrosis
- Septic > joint
- Abscess > joint
- Rheumatism > gout
- Pyemia, pyemic > joint
- Rheumatoid > arthritis
- Pyarthritis, pyarthrosis
- Rheumatoid > polyarthritis
- Arthritis, arthritic > septic
- Disease, diseased > rheumatoid
- Arthritis, arthritic > purulent
- Arthritis, arthritic > rheumatic
- Suppuration, suppurative > joint
- Arthritis, arthritic > suppurative
- Arthritis, arthritic > in > infection
- Rheumatoid > arthritis > seropositive
- Disease, diseased > joint > suppurative
- Polyarthritis, polyarthropathy > infective
- Arthritis, arthritic > in > coliform bacilli
- Arthritis, arthritic > infectious or infective
- Arthritis, arthritic > rheumatoid > with > rheumatoid factor
- Arthritis, arthritic > rheumatoid > seropositive > without organ involvement
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M05.71 | Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of shoulder without organ or systems involvement | Not billable |
| M05.72 | Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of elbow without organ or systems involvement | Not billable |
| M05.73 | Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of wrist without organ or systems involvement | Not billable |
| M05.74 | Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of hand without organ or systems involvement | Not billable |
| M05.75 | Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of hip without organ or systems involvement | Not billable |
| M05.76 | Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of knee without organ or systems involvement | Not billable |
| M05.77 | Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of ankle and foot without organ or systems involvement | Not billable |
| M05.79 | Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of multiple sites without organ or systems involvement | Valid |
| M05.7A | Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of other specified site without organ or systems involvement | Valid |