M02
Postinfective and reactive arthropathies
Non-billableCategory
Coding Guidelines
Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)
These codes should never be used together with M02
- M35.2 - Behçet's disease (M35.2)
- direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere (M01.-)
- A39.84 - postmeningococcal arthritis (A39.84)
- B26.85 - mumps arthritis (B26.85)
- B06.82 - rubella arthritis (B06.82)
- A52.77 - syphilis arthritis (late) (A52.77)
- I00 - rheumatic fever (I00)
- A52.16 - tabetic arthropathy [Charcôt's] (A52.16)
Code First
- underlying disease, such as:
- congenital syphilis [Clutton's joints] (A50.5)
- enteritis due to Yersinia enterocolitica (A04.6)
- infective endocarditis (I33.0)
- viral hepatitis (B15-B19)
