ICD-10-CM · Chapter 13 · M00–M99
M08.1
Juvenile ankylosing spondylitis
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Quick facts
- Code
- M08.1
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 13 — Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- Category
- M08 — Juvenile arthritis
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM M08.1 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of juvenile ankylosing spondylitis. 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 M08
- M08Juvenile arthritis
- M08.0Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
- M08.00Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis of unspecified site
- M08.01Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, shoulder
- M08.011Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right shoulder
- M08.012Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, left shoulder
- M08.019Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified shoulder
- M08.02Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis of elbow
- M08.021Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right elbow
- M08.022Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, left elbow
- M08.029Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified elbow
- M08.03Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, wrist
- M08.031Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right wrist
- M08.032Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, left wrist
- M08.039Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified wrist
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