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)

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