ICD-10-CM Code M00.252

Other streptococcal arthritis, left hip

Version 2020 Billable Code

Valid for Submission

M00.252 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other streptococcal arthritis, left hip. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

ICD-10:	M00.252
Short Description:	Other streptococcal arthritis, left hip
Long Description:	Other streptococcal arthritis, left hip

Diagnostic Related Groups

The ICD-10 code M00.252 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V37.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2019 through 09/30/2020.

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

Convert M00.252 to ICD-9

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

Code Classification

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

Code History

FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
(First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020

Information for Patients

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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