M02.17 Postdysenteric arthropathy, ankle and foot

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applicable to

• Postdysenteric arthropathy, tarsus, metatarsus and phalanges

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 M02.17

• M02.171 Postdysenteric arthropathy, right ankle and foot
• M02.172 Postdysenteric arthropathy, left ankle and foot
• M02.179 Postdysenteric arthropathy, unspecified ankle and foot

Code annotations containing back-references to M02.17

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 M02.17

• Arthropathy › postdysenteric › ankle
• Arthropathy › postdysenteric › foot joint

Nearby codes

• M02.159 Postdysenteric arthropathy, unspecified hip
• M02.16 Postdysenteric arthropathy, knee
• M02.161 Postdysenteric arthropathy, right knee
• M02.162 Postdysenteric arthropathy, left knee
• M02.169 Postdysenteric arthropathy, unspecified knee
• M02.17 Postdysenteric arthropathy, ankle and foot (this code)
• M02.171 Postdysenteric arthropathy, right ankle and foot
• M02.172 Postdysenteric arthropathy, left ankle and foot
• M02.179 Postdysenteric arthropathy, unspecified ankle and foot
• M02.18 Postdysenteric arthropathy, vertebrae
• M02.19 Postdysenteric arthropathy, multiple sites