ICD-10 Diagnosis Code M00.252

• 548 - SEPTIC ARTHRITIS WITH MCC
• 549 - SEPTIC ARTHRITIS WITH CC
• 550 - SEPTIC ARTHRITIS WITHOUT CC/MCC

• 711.05 - Pyogen arthritis-pelvis (Combination Flag)
• 041.09 - Other streptococcus (Combination Flag)

Also called: Septic 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.

• Fungal arthritis (Medical Encyclopedia)
• HLA-B27 antigen (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Reactive arthritis (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Septic arthritis (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Viral arthritis (Medical Encyclopedia)

Also called: Strep

Strep is short for Streptococcus, a type of bacteria. There are two types: 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, I.V. antibiotics during labor can save your baby's life. Adults can also get group B strep infections, especially if they are elderly 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.

NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

• Ecthyma (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Erysipelas (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Group B streptococcal septicemia of the newborn (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Group B streptococcus - pregnancy (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Perianal streptococcal cellulitis (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Rheumatic fever (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Scarlet fever (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Strep throat (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Streptococcal screen (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Throat swab culture (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Toxic shock syndrome (Medical Encyclopedia)

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