ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M05-M14 › M06 Other rheumatoid arthritis › M06.3

M06.3

Rheumatoid nodule

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 10 more specific codes instead:

  • M06.30 Rheumatoid nodule, unspecified site
  • M06.31 Rheumatoid nodule, shoulder (also a header)
  • M06.32 Rheumatoid nodule, elbow (also a header)
  • M06.33 Rheumatoid nodule, wrist (also a header)
  • M06.34 Rheumatoid nodule, hand (also a header)
  • M06.35 Rheumatoid nodule, hip (also a header)
  • M06.36 Rheumatoid nodule, knee (also a header)
  • M06.37 Rheumatoid nodule, ankle and foot (also a header)
  • M06.38 Rheumatoid nodule, vertebrae
  • M06.39 Rheumatoid nodule, multiple sites

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 Rheumatoid nodule

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M06.0 Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor Not billable
M06.1 Adult-onset Still's disease Valid
M06.2 Rheumatoid bursitis Not billable
M06.4 Inflammatory polyarthropathy Valid
M06.8 Other specified rheumatoid arthritis Not billable
M06.9 Rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified Valid