Juvenile arthritis, unspecified

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:

M08.90 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, unspecified site
M08.91 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, shoulder (also a header)
M08.92 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, elbow (also a header)
M08.93 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, wrist (also a header)
M08.94 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, hand (also a header)
M08.95 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, hip (also a header)
M08.96 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, knee (also a header)
M08.97 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, ankle and foot (also a header)
M08.98 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, vertebrae
M08.99 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, multiple sites
M08.9A Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, 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 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified

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 M08 Juvenile arthritis

Excludes1 - never coded here

arthropathy in Whipple's disease (M14.8)
Felty's syndrome (M05.0)
juvenile dermatomyositis (M33.0-)
psoriatic juvenile arthropathy (L40.54)

Code also

any associated underlying condition, such as:
regional enteritis [Crohn's disease] (K50.-)
ulcerative colitis (K51.-)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M08.0	Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis	Not billable
M08.1	Juvenile ankylosing spondylitis	Valid
M08.2	Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with systemic onset	Not billable
M08.3	Juvenile rheumatoid polyarthritis (seronegative)	Valid
M08.4	Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis	Not billable
M08.8	Other juvenile arthritis	Not billable