Other specified arthritis

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:

M13.80 Other specified arthritis, unspecified site
M13.81 Other specified arthritis, shoulder (also a header)
M13.82 Other specified arthritis, elbow (also a header)
M13.83 Other specified arthritis, wrist (also a header)
M13.84 Other specified arthritis, hand (also a header)
M13.85 Other specified arthritis, hip (also a header)
M13.86 Other specified arthritis, knee (also a header)
M13.87 Other specified arthritis, ankle and foot (also a header)
M13.88 Other specified arthritis, other site
M13.89 Other specified arthritis, 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 Other specified arthritis

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 M13 Other arthritis

Excludes1 - never coded here

arthrosis (M15-M19)
osteoarthritis (M15-M19)

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.

Polyarthritis, polyarthropathy > migratory

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M13.0	Polyarthritis, unspecified	Valid
M13.1	Monoarthritis, not elsewhere classified	Not billable