M01
Direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
Non-billableCategory
Coding Guidelines
Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)
These codes should never be used together with M01
- A69.23 - arthropathy in Lyme disease (A69.23)
- A54.42 - gonococcal arthritis (A54.42)
- A39.83 - meningococcal arthritis (A39.83)
- B26.85 - mumps arthritis (B26.85)
- postinfective arthropathy (M02.-)
- A39.84 - postmeningococcal arthritis (A39.84)
- M02.3 - reactive arthritis (M02.3)
- B06.82 - rubella arthritis (B06.82)
- D86.86 - sarcoidosis arthritis (D86.86)
- A01.04 - typhoid fever arthritis (A01.04)
- A18.01-A1802 - tuberculosis arthritis (A18.01-A18.02)
Code First
- underlying disease, such as:
- leprosy [Hansen's disease] (A30.-)
- mycoses (B35-B49)
- O'nyong-nyong fever (A92.1)
- paratyphoid fever (A01.1-A01.4)


