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M12.88

Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, other specified site

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, vertebrae
  2. FY2014 Draft description revised draft Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, vertebrae Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, 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 M12 Other and unspecified arthropathy

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • arthrosis (M15-M19)
  • cricoarytenoid arthropathy (J38.7)

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M12.80 Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, unspecified site Valid
M12.81 Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, shoulder Not billable
M12.82 Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, elbow Not billable
M12.83 Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, wrist Not billable
M12.84 Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, hand Not billable
M12.85 Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, hip Not billable
M12.86 Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, knee Not billable
M12.87 Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, ankle and foot Not billable
M12.89 Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified, multiple sites Valid