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M15

Polyosteoarthritis

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 7 more specific codes instead:

  • M15.0 Primary generalized (osteo)arthritis
  • M15.1 Heberden's nodes (with arthropathy)
  • M15.2 Bouchard's nodes (with arthropathy)
  • M15.3 Secondary multiple arthritis
  • M15.4 Erosive (osteo)arthritis
  • M15.8 Other polyosteoarthritis
  • M15.9 Polyosteoarthritis, unspecified

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Polyosteoarthritis

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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • bilateral involvement of single joint (M16-M19)

Includes

  • arthritis of multiple sites

Inherited from the M15-M19 section Osteoarthritis (M15-M19)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • osteoarthritis of spine (M47.-)