ICD-10-CM · Chapter 13 · M00–M99
M08.4A
Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, other specified site
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Quick facts
- Code
- M08.4A
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 13 — Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- Category
- M08 — Juvenile arthritis
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM M08.4A is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, other specified site. 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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