Juvenile arthritis
Non-billable header
M08 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Includes
- Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Code also
An additional code may be needed.
More specific codes M08
- M08.0Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritisHeader
- M08.1Juvenile ankylosing spondylitisBillable
- M08.2Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with systemic onsetHeader
- M08.3Juvenile rheumatoid polyarthritis (seronegative)Billable
- M08.4Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritisHeader
- M08.8Other juvenile arthritisHeader
- M08.9Juvenile arthritis, unspecifiedHeader
Related codes
- M05Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factorHeader
- M06Other rheumatoid arthritisHeader
- M07Enteropathic arthropathiesHeader
- M1AChronic goutNeeds 7th char
- M10GoutHeader
- M11Other crystal arthropathiesHeader
- M12Other and unspecified arthropathyHeader
- M13Other arthritisHeader
- M14Arthropathies in other diseases classified elsewhereHeader