ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M15-M19 › M19.0 Primary osteoarthritis of other joints › M19.03

M19.03

Primary osteoarthritis, wrist

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 3 more specific codes instead:

  • M19.031 Primary osteoarthritis, right wrist
  • M19.032 Primary osteoarthritis, left wrist
  • M19.039 Primary osteoarthritis, unspecified wrist

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 Primary osteoarthritis, wrist

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.-)

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
M19.01 Primary osteoarthritis, shoulder Not billable
M19.02 Primary osteoarthritis, elbow Not billable
M19.04 Primary osteoarthritis, hand Not billable
M19.07 Primary osteoarthritis ankle and foot Not billable
M19.09 Primary osteoarthritis, other specified site Valid