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M08

Juvenile arthritis

Non-billableCategory

Chapter: 13. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

Section: M05-M14 - Inflammatory polyarthropathies

Coding Guidelines

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with M08

  • M14.8 - arthropathy in Whipple's disease (M14.8)
  • M05.0 - Felty's syndrome (M05.0)
  • juvenile dermatomyositis (M33.0-)
  • L40.54 - psoriatic juvenile arthropathy (L40.54)

Code Also

  • any associated underlying condition, such as:
  • regional enteritis [Crohn's disease] (K50.-)
  • ulcerative colitis (K51.-)

Specific Codes (7)

M08.0Category

Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

M08.1Billable

Juvenile ankylosing spondylitis

M08.2Category

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with systemic onset

M08.3Billable

Juvenile rheumatoid polyarthritis (seronegative)

M08.4Category

Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

M08.8Category

Other juvenile arthritis

M08.9Category

Juvenile arthritis, unspecified

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