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  2. ICD-10-CM (2016)
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  4. Section M05-M14
  5. Code M08

ICD-10-CM Code M08
Juvenile arthritis

NON-BILLABLE
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.
| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code M08 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the seven child codes of M08 that describes the diagnosis 'juvenile arthritis' in more detail.

The ICD code M08 is used to code Childhood arthritis

Childhood arthritis, also known as juvenile arthritis (JA), is any form of arthritis or arthritis-related conditions which affects individuals under the age of 16. Juvenile arthritis is a chronic, autoimmune disease affecting approximately 294,000–250,000 children and teens making juvenile arthritis one of the most common childhood diseases in the US. Three classifications of juvenile arthritis exist—juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA), and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) of which, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is the most common.

Specialty: Rheumatology
ICD 9 Code: 714.30
Source: Wikipedia

Coding Notes for M08 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

Code Also Note:
Code Also
A Code Also note indicates that two or more codes may be required to fully describe a condition, but the order of codes is at the coder's discretion. Code order depends on the severity of the conditions and the reason for the encounter.
Any associated underlying condition, such as:
Regional enteritis [Crohn's disease] See code K50.-
Ulcerative colitis See code K51.-
Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here."
Arthropathy in Whipple's disease - instead, use code M14.8
Felty's syndrome - instead, use code M05.0
Juvenile dermatomyositis - instead, use code M33.0-
Psoriatic juvenile arthropathy - instead, use code L40.54

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'M08 - Juvenile arthritis'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code M08. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.

Spondylitis(chronic) (see: Spondylopathy, inflammatory) +
Polyarthritis, polyarthropathy (see: Arthritis) +

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