M15.0Billable
Primary generalized (osteo)arthritis
Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Billable Code
M15.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Referenced in Diagnoses
Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation
View documentation for arthritis multiple sites
arthritis multiple sites
View TemplatesArthritis affecting multiple sites
View documentation for arthrosis
arthrosis
View TemplatesOsteoarthritis
View documentation for degenerative arthritis
degenerative arthritis
View TemplatesOsteoarthritis
View documentation for generalized joint pain
generalized joint pain
View TemplatesGeneralized Joint Pain
View documentation for generalized osteoarthritis
generalized osteoarthritis
View TemplatesGeneralized Osteoarthritis
View documentation for osteoarthritis multiple joints
osteoarthritis multiple joints
View TemplatesOsteoarthritis of Multiple Joints
View documentation for polyosteoarthritis
polyosteoarthritis
View TemplatesPolyosteoarthritis
View documentation for primary osteoarthritis involving multiple joints
primary osteoarthritis involving multiple joints
View TemplatesPrimary Osteoarthritis
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.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Includes
1 item
Includes
From M15:
- •arthritis of multiple sites
Excludes2
10 items
Excludes2
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-)
- •
- •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)
Notes
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Notes
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