ICD-10-CM · Chapter 13 · M00–M99
M00.162
Pneumococcal arthritis, left knee
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Quick facts
- Code
- M00.162
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 13 — Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- Category
- M00 — Pyogenic arthritis
- Specificity
- 6 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM M00.162 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of pneumococcal arthritis, left knee. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in M00
- M00Pyogenic arthritis
- M00.0Staphylococcal arthritis and polyarthritis
- M00.00Staphylococcal arthritis, unspecified joint
- M00.01Staphylococcal arthritis, shoulder
- M00.011Staphylococcal arthritis, right shoulder
- M00.012Staphylococcal arthritis, left shoulder
- M00.019Staphylococcal arthritis, unspecified shoulder
- M00.02Staphylococcal arthritis, elbow
- M00.021Staphylococcal arthritis, right elbow
- M00.022Staphylococcal arthritis, left elbow
- M00.029Staphylococcal arthritis, unspecified elbow
- M00.03Staphylococcal arthritis, wrist
- M00.031Staphylococcal arthritis, right wrist
- M00.032Staphylococcal arthritis, left wrist
- M00.039Staphylococcal arthritis, unspecified wrist
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