2021 ICD-10-CM Code M02.8
Other reactive arthropathies
Not Valid for Submission
M02.8 is a "header" nonspecific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of other reactive arthropathies. The code is NOT valid for the year 2021 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.
| ICD-10: | M02.8 |
| Short Description: | Other reactive arthropathies |
| Long Description: | Other reactive arthropathies |
Code Classification
Specific Coding for Other reactive arthropathies
Header codes like M02.8 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10 codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for other reactive arthropathies:
- M02.80 - ... unspecified site
- M02.81 - ... shoulder
- M02.811 - ... right shoulder
- M02.812 - ... left shoulder
- M02.819 - ... unspecified shoulder
- M02.82 - ... elbow
- M02.821 - ... right elbow
- M02.822 - ... left elbow
- M02.829 - ... unspecified elbow
- M02.83 - ... wrist
- M02.831 - ... right wrist
- M02.832 - ... left wrist
- M02.839 - ... unspecified wrist
- M02.84 - ... hand
- M02.841 - ... right hand
- M02.842 - ... left hand
- M02.849 - ... unspecified hand
- M02.85 - ... hip
- M02.851 - ... right hip
- M02.852 - ... left hip
- M02.859 - ... unspecified hip
- M02.86 - ... knee
- M02.861 - ... right knee
- M02.862 - ... left knee
- M02.869 - ... unspecified knee
- M02.87 - ... ankle and foot
- M02.871 - ... right ankle and foot
- M02.872 - ... left ankle and foot
- M02.879 - ... unspecified ankle and foot
- M02.88 - ... vertebrae
- M02.89 - ... multiple sites
Information for Patients
Infectious Arthritis
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)
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Code History
- 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 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)