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M05.8A

Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of other specified site

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2021 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2021 to now.

  1. FY2021 Added to the code set Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of other specified site

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M05.80 Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of unspecified site Valid
M05.81 Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of shoulder Not billable
M05.82 Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of elbow Not billable
M05.83 Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of wrist Not billable
M05.84 Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of hand Not billable
M05.85 Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of hip Not billable
M05.86 Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of knee Not billable
M05.87 Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of ankle and foot Not billable
M05.89 Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of multiple sites Valid