Charcot's joint

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:

M14.60 Charcot's joint, unspecified site
M14.61 Charcot's joint, shoulder (also a header)
M14.62 Charcot's joint, elbow (also a header)
M14.63 Charcot's joint, wrist (also a header)
M14.64 Charcot's joint, hand (also a header)
M14.65 Charcot's joint, hip (also a header)
M14.66 Charcot's joint, knee (also a header)
M14.67 Charcot's joint, ankle and foot (also a header)
M14.68 Charcot's joint, vertebrae
M14.69 Charcot's joint, 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 Charcot's joint

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 M14 Arthropathies in other diseases classified elsewhere

Excludes1 - never coded here

arthropathy in:
diabetes mellitus (E08-E13 with .61-)
hematological disorders (M36.2-M36.3)
hypersensitivity reactions (M36.4)
neoplastic disease (M36.1)
neurosyphillis (A52.16)
sarcoidosis (D86.86)
enteropathic arthropathies (M07.-)
juvenile psoriatic arthropathy (L40.54)
lipoid dermatoarthritis (E78.81)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M14.8	Arthropathies in other specified diseases classified elsewhere	Not billable