ICD-10-CM Code M08.2
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with systemic onset
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 Code M08.2 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the ten child codes of M08.2 that describes the diagnosis 'juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with systemic onset' 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 |
Coding Notes for M08.2 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Inclusion Terms:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion Terms are a list of concepts for which a specific code is used. The list of Inclusion Terms is useful for determining the correct code in some cases, but the list is not necessarily exhaustive. - Still's disease NOS
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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." - Adult-onset Still's disease - instead, use code M06.1-
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'M08.2 - Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with systemic onset'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code M08.2. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: M08 - Juvenile arthritis