M02.12 Postdysenteric arthropathy, elbow

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applies from M02 Postinfective and reactive arthropathies

Excludes1 (never code together)

• Behçet's disease (M35.2)
• direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere (M01.-)
• postmeningococcal arthritis (A39.84)
• mumps arthritis (B26.85)
• rubella arthritis (B06.82)
• syphilis arthritis (late) (A52.77)
• rheumatic fever (I00)
• 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)

Codes under M02.12

• M02.121 Postdysenteric arthropathy, right elbow
• M02.122 Postdysenteric arthropathy, left elbow
• M02.129 Postdysenteric arthropathy, unspecified elbow

Code annotations containing back-references to M02.12

Back-references to M02

• Type 1 Excludes: M01 Direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere ("postinfective arthropathy (M02.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for M02.12

• Arthropathy › postdysenteric › elbow

Nearby codes

• M02.10 Postdysenteric arthropathy, unspecified site
• M02.11 Postdysenteric arthropathy, shoulder
• M02.111 Postdysenteric arthropathy, right shoulder
• M02.112 Postdysenteric arthropathy, left shoulder
• M02.119 Postdysenteric arthropathy, unspecified shoulder
• M02.12 Postdysenteric arthropathy, elbow (this code)
• M02.121 Postdysenteric arthropathy, right elbow
• M02.122 Postdysenteric arthropathy, left elbow
• M02.129 Postdysenteric arthropathy, unspecified elbow
• M02.13 Postdysenteric arthropathy, wrist
• M02.131 Postdysenteric arthropathy, right wrist