Primary osteoarthritis of other joints

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 6 more specific codes instead:

M19.01 Primary osteoarthritis, shoulder (also a header)
M19.02 Primary osteoarthritis, elbow (also a header)
M19.03 Primary osteoarthritis, wrist (also a header)
M19.04 Primary osteoarthritis, hand (also a header)
M19.07 Primary osteoarthritis ankle and foot (also a header)
M19.09 Primary osteoarthritis, other specified site

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 Primary osteoarthritis of other joints

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 M19 Other and unspecified osteoarthritis

Excludes1 - never coded here

polyarthritis (M15.-)

Excludes2 - not included here

arthrosis of spine (M47.-)
hallux rigidus (M20.2)
osteoarthritis of spine (M47.-)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M19.1	Post-traumatic osteoarthritis of other joints	Not billable
M19.2	Secondary osteoarthritis of other joints	Not billable
M19.9	Osteoarthritis, unspecified site	Not billable