M05.329 Rheumatoid heart disease with rheumatoid arthritis of unspecified elbow

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applies from M05 Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor

Excludes1 (never code together)

• rheumatic fever (I00)
• juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (M08.-)
• rheumatoid arthritis of spine (M45.-)

Applies from M05.3 Rheumatoid heart disease with rheumatoid arthritis

Applicable to

• Rheumatoid carditis
• Rheumatoid endocarditis
• Rheumatoid myocarditis
• Rheumatoid pericarditis

Risk adjustment (HCC)

• CMS-HCC V28: HCC 93 — Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Specified Inflammatory Rheumatic Disorders
• CMS-HCC V22: HCC 40 — Rheumatoid Arthritis and Inflammatory Connective Tissue Disease
• RxHCC V08: HCC 83 — Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Inflammatory Polyarthropathy
• ESRD V24: HCC 40

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 545-547 in MDC 08.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 714.2 Other rheumatoid arthritis with visceral or systemic involvement (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to M05.329

Back-references to M05.32

• Type 1 Excludes: G73.7 Myopathy in diseases classified elsewhere ("rheumatoid arthritis (M05.32)")

Back-references to M05

• Code Also: I27.21 Secondary pulmonary arterial hypertension ("rheumatoid arthritis (M05.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R76.81 Abnormal rheumatoid factor and anti-citrullinated protein antibody without rheumatoid arthritis ("rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor (M05.-)")

Nearby codes

• M05.312 Rheumatoid heart disease with rheumatoid arthritis of left shoulder
• M05.319 Rheumatoid heart disease with rheumatoid arthritis of unspecified shoulder
• M05.32 Rheumatoid heart disease with rheumatoid arthritis of elbow
• M05.321 Rheumatoid heart disease with rheumatoid arthritis of right elbow
• M05.322 Rheumatoid heart disease with rheumatoid arthritis of left elbow
• M05.329 Rheumatoid heart disease with rheumatoid arthritis of unspecified elbow (this code)
• M05.33 Rheumatoid heart disease with rheumatoid arthritis of wrist
• M05.331 Rheumatoid heart disease with rheumatoid arthritis of right wrist
• M05.332 Rheumatoid heart disease with rheumatoid arthritis of left wrist
• M05.339 Rheumatoid heart disease with rheumatoid arthritis of unspecified wrist
• M05.34 Rheumatoid heart disease with rheumatoid arthritis of hand