All ICD10 Codes

M08

Non-Billable
ChapterM00–M99
Rankcategory
Official Description

Juvenile arthritis

Use a more specific code (2 billable, 5 non-billable)
M08.0Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritishas subcodesM08.1Juvenile ankylosing spondylitisM08.2Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with systemic onsethas subcodesM08.3Juvenile rheumatoid polyarthritis (seronegative)M08.4Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritishas subcodesM08.8Other juvenile arthritishas subcodesM08.9Juvenile arthritis, unspecifiedhas subcodes
Metadata & Insights
  • •Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • •Chapter 13: Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue (M00-M99).

CH13 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Instructional Notes

Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)
  • arthropathy in Whipple's disease (M14.8)
  • Felty's syndrome (M05.0)
  • juvenile dermatomyositis (M33.0-)
  • psoriatic juvenile arthropathy (L40.54)
Code Also
  • any associated underlying condition, such as:
  • regional enteritis [Crohn's disease] (K50.-)
  • ulcerative colitis (K51.-)

Clinical Hierarchy

BillableHas subcodes
CH13Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
M05-M14Inflammatory polyarthropathies (M05-M14)
M08Juvenile arthritisNot billable
M08.0Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritisSubcodes
M08.1Juvenile ankylosing spondylitisBillable
M08.2Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with systemic onsetSubcodes
M08.3Juvenile rheumatoid polyarthritis (seronegative)Billable
M08.4Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritisSubcodes
M08.8Other juvenile arthritisSubcodes
M08.9Juvenile arthritis, unspecifiedSubcodes

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to M08:

chapterCH13
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
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MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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