M00.04 Staphylococcal arthritis, hand

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applicable to

• Staphylococcal arthritis of metacarpus and phalanges

Applies from M00 Pyogenic arthritis

Excludes2 (not included here)

• infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal joint prosthesis (T84.5-)

Applies from M00.0 Staphylococcal arthritis and polyarthritis

Use additional code

• code (B95.61-B95.8) to identify bacterial agent

Codes under M00.04

• M00.041 Staphylococcal arthritis, right hand
• M00.042 Staphylococcal arthritis, left hand
• M00.049 Staphylococcal arthritis, unspecified hand

Diagnosis Index entries for M00.04

• Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute) › staphylococcal › hand joint

Nearby codes

• M00.029 Staphylococcal arthritis, unspecified elbow
• M00.03 Staphylococcal arthritis, wrist
• M00.031 Staphylococcal arthritis, right wrist
• M00.032 Staphylococcal arthritis, left wrist
• M00.039 Staphylococcal arthritis, unspecified wrist
• M00.04 Staphylococcal arthritis, hand (this code)
• M00.041 Staphylococcal arthritis, right hand
• M00.042 Staphylococcal arthritis, left hand
• M00.049 Staphylococcal arthritis, unspecified hand
• M00.05 Staphylococcal arthritis, hip
• M00.051 Staphylococcal arthritis, right hip