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.
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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Rheumatoid nodule
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |