Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor

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 11 more specific codes instead:

M06.00 Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, unspecified site
M06.01 Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, shoulder (also a header)
M06.02 Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, elbow (also a header)
M06.03 Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, wrist (also a header)
M06.04 Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, hand (also a header)
M06.05 Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, hip (also a header)
M06.06 Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, knee (also a header)
M06.07 Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, ankle and foot (also a header)
M06.08 Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, vertebrae
M06.09 Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, multiple sites
M06.0A Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, other specified site

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 arthritis without rheumatoid factor

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M06.1	Adult-onset Still's disease	Valid
M06.2	Rheumatoid bursitis	Not billable
M06.3	Rheumatoid nodule	Not billable
M06.4	Inflammatory polyarthropathy	Valid
M06.8	Other specified rheumatoid arthritis	Not billable
M06.9	Rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified	Valid