ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M05-M14 › M08.9 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified › M08.9A
M08.9A
Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, other specified site
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2021 to now.
- FY2021 Added to the code set Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, other specified site
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.-)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Arthropyosis
- Pyoarthrosis
- Septic > joint
- Abscess > joint
- Arthropathy > juvenile
- Pyemia, pyemic > joint
- Pyarthritis, pyarthrosis
- Arthritis, arthritic > septic
- Arthritis, arthritic > purulent
- Suppuration, suppurative > joint
- Arthritis, arthritic > suppurative
- Arthritis, arthritic > in > infection
- Disease, diseased > joint > suppurative
- Polyarthritis, polyarthropathy > infective
- Arthritis, arthritic > in > coliform bacilli
- Arthritis, arthritic > infectious or infective
- Arthritis, arthritic > juvenile > specified site NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M08.90 | Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, unspecified site | Valid |
| M08.91 | Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, shoulder | Not billable |
| M08.92 | Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, elbow | Not billable |
| M08.93 | Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, wrist | Not billable |
| M08.94 | Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, hand | Not billable |
| M08.95 | Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, hip | Not billable |
| M08.96 | Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, knee | Not billable |
| M08.97 | Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, ankle and foot | Not billable |
| M08.98 | Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, vertebrae | Valid |
| M08.99 | Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, multiple sites | Valid |