Version 2024

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M00.2

Other streptococcal arthritis and polyarthritis

ICD-10-CM Code:
M00.2
ICD-10 Code for:
Other streptococcal arthritis and polyarthritis
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
    (M00–M99)
    • Infectious arthropathies
      (M00-M02)
      • Pyogenic arthritis
        (M00)

M00.2 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of other streptococcal arthritis and polyarthritis. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

Specific Coding Applicable to Other streptococcal arthritis and polyarthritis

Non-specific codes like M00.2 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for other streptococcal arthritis and polyarthritis:

  • Use M00.20 for Other streptococcal arthritis, unspecified joint - BILLABLE CODE

  • M00.21 for Other streptococcal arthritis, shoulder - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.211 for Other streptococcal arthritis, right shoulder - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.212 for Other streptococcal arthritis, left shoulder - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.219 for Other streptococcal arthritis, unspecified shoulder - BILLABLE CODE

  • M00.22 for Other streptococcal arthritis, elbow - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.221 for Other streptococcal arthritis, right elbow - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.222 for Other streptococcal arthritis, left elbow - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.229 for Other streptococcal arthritis, unspecified elbow - BILLABLE CODE

  • M00.23 for Other streptococcal arthritis, wrist - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.231 for Other streptococcal arthritis, right wrist - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.232 for Other streptococcal arthritis, left wrist - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.239 for Other streptococcal arthritis, unspecified wrist - BILLABLE CODE

  • M00.24 for Other streptococcal arthritis, hand - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.241 for Other streptococcal arthritis, right hand - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.242 for Other streptococcal arthritis, left hand - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.249 for Other streptococcal arthritis, unspecified hand - BILLABLE CODE

  • M00.25 for Other streptococcal arthritis, hip - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.251 for Other streptococcal arthritis, right hip - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.252 for Other streptococcal arthritis, left hip - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.259 for Other streptococcal arthritis, unspecified hip - BILLABLE CODE

  • M00.26 for Other streptococcal arthritis, knee - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.261 for Other streptococcal arthritis, right knee - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.262 for Other streptococcal arthritis, left knee - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.269 for Other streptococcal arthritis, unspecified knee - BILLABLE CODE

  • M00.27 for Other streptococcal arthritis, ankle and foot - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.271 for Other streptococcal arthritis, right ankle and foot - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.272 for Other streptococcal arthritis, left ankle and foot - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.279 for Other streptococcal arthritis, unspecified ankle and foot - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.28 for Other streptococcal arthritis, vertebrae - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M00.29 for Other streptococcal polyarthritis - BILLABLE CODE

Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries

The following annotation back-references are applicable to this diagnosis code. The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10-CM codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more.


Use Additional Code

Use Additional Code
The “use additional code” indicates that a secondary code could be used to further specify the patient’s condition. This note is not mandatory and is only used if enough information is available to assign an additional code.

Patient Education


Infectious Arthritis

Most kinds of arthritis cause pain and swelling in your joints. Joints are places where two bones meet, such as your elbow or knee. Infectious arthritis is an infection in the joint. The infection comes from a bacterial, viral, or fungal infection that spreads from another part of the body. Symptoms of infectious arthritis include:

  • Intense pain in the joint
  • Joint redness and swelling
  • Chills and fever
  • Inability to move the area with the infected joint

One type of infectious arthritis is reactive arthritis. The reaction is to an infection somewhere else in your body. The joint is usually the knee, ankle, or toe. Sometimes, reactive arthritis is set off by an infection in the bladder, or in the urethra, which carries urine out of the body. In women, an infection in the vagina can cause the reaction. For both men and women, it can start with bacteria passed on during sex. Another form of reactive arthritis starts with eating food or handling something that has bacteria on it.

To diagnose infectious arthritis, your health care provider may do tests of your blood, urine, and joint fluid. Treatment includes medicines and sometimes surgery.


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Streptococcal Infections

Strep is short for Streptococcus, a type of bacteria. There are several types. Two of them cause most of the strep infections in people: group A and group B.

Group A strep causes:

  • Strep throat - a sore, red throat. Your tonsils may be swollen and have white spots on them.
  • Scarlet fever - an illness that follows strep throat. It causes a red rash on the body.
  • Impetigo - a skin infection
  • Toxic shock syndrome
  • Cellulitis and necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease)

Group B strep can cause blood infections, pneumonia and meningitis in newborns. A screening test during pregnancy can tell if you have it. If you do, intravenous (IV) antibiotics during labor can save your baby's life. Adults can also get group B strep infections, especially if they are 65 or older or already have health problems. Strep B can cause urinary tract infections, blood infections, skin infections and pneumonia in adults.

Antibiotics are used to treat strep infections.


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Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.