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M01.X0
Billable

Direct infection of unspecified joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere

Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

Billable Code

M01.X0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Excludes1

11 items

From M01:

  • arthropathy in Lyme disease (A69.23)
  • gonococcal arthritis (A54.42)
  • meningococcal arthritis (A39.83)
  • mumps arthritis (B26.85)
  • postinfective arthropathy (M02.-)
  • postmeningococcal arthritis (A39.84)
  • reactive arthritis (M02.3)
  • rubella arthritis (B06.82)
  • sarcoidosis arthritis (D86.86)
  • typhoid fever arthritis (A01.04)
  • tuberculosis arthritis (A18.01-A18.02)

Excludes2

10 items

From M00-M99:

  • 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)

Code First

5 items

From M01:

  • underlying disease, such as:
  • leprosy [Hansen's disease] (A30.-)
  • mycoses (B35-B49)
  • O'nyong-nyong fever (A92.1)
  • paratyphoid fever (A01.1-A01.4)

Notes

1 item

From M00-M99:

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
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