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M06

Other rheumatoid arthritis

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 7 more specific codes instead:

  • M06.0 Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor (also a header)
  • M06.1 Adult-onset Still's disease
  • M06.2 Rheumatoid bursitis (also a header)
  • M06.3 Rheumatoid nodule (also a header)
  • M06.4 Inflammatory polyarthropathy
  • M06.8 Other specified rheumatoid arthritis (also a header)
  • M06.9 Rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other rheumatoid arthritis