M02.24 Postimmunization arthropathy, hand

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applicable to

• Postimmunization arthropathy, metacarpus 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 M02.24

• M02.241 Postimmunization arthropathy, right hand
• M02.242 Postimmunization arthropathy, left hand
• M02.249 Postimmunization arthropathy, unspecified hand

Code annotations containing back-references to M02.24

Back-references to M02.2

• Type 2 Excludes: T88.1 Other complications following immunization, not elsewhere classified ("postimmunization arthropathy (M02.2)")

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 M02.24

• Arthropathy › postimmunization › hand joint

Nearby codes

• M02.229 Postimmunization arthropathy, unspecified elbow
• M02.23 Postimmunization arthropathy, wrist
• M02.231 Postimmunization arthropathy, right wrist
• M02.232 Postimmunization arthropathy, left wrist
• M02.239 Postimmunization arthropathy, unspecified wrist
• M02.24 Postimmunization arthropathy, hand (this code)
• M02.241 Postimmunization arthropathy, right hand
• M02.242 Postimmunization arthropathy, left hand
• M02.249 Postimmunization arthropathy, unspecified hand
• M02.25 Postimmunization arthropathy, hip
• M02.251 Postimmunization arthropathy, right hip